Barbara Flynn

Born: 1948-08-05, Hastings, East Sussex, England, UK

Biography

Barbara Joy Flynn (born 5 August 1948) is an English actress. She first came to prominence playing Freda Ashton in the ITV drama series A Family at War (1970–1972). She went on to play the milk woman in the BBC comedy Open All Hours (1976–1985), Jill Swinburne in The Beiderbecke Trilogy (1985–1988), Dr. Rose Marie in the BBC series A Very Peculiar Practice (1986–1988), Judith Fitzgerald in the ITV drama Cracker (1993–1995), and Mrs. Jamieson in Cranford (2007–2009). In 2021, she appeared in Doctor Who: Flux as Tecteun, a founder of Time Lord society and The Doctor's adopted mother. Starting in 2023, she acted in Beyond Paradise, playing the mother of the detective's girlfriend. This included some episodes in 2024 where she was reunited with Peter Davison, her A Very Peculiar Practice co-star. In her own words, she tends to play "feisty, strong women"

Filmography

• Doctor Who (2005)
• Agatha Christie's Poirot (1989)
• Death in Paradise (2011)
• Silent Witness (1996)
• The Borgias (2011)
• Killing Eve (2018)
• Inspector Morse (1987)
• Playhouse (1974)
• Moving On (2009)
• Beyond Paradise (2023)
• Dalziel and Pascoe (1996)
• The Inspector Lynley Mysteries (2002)
• The Durrells (2016)
• Centre Play (1973)
• The Forsyte Saga (2002)
• Wives and Daughters (1999)
• Chandler & Co (1994)
• Miss Potter (2006)
• He Knew He Was Right (2004)
• A Family at War (1970)
• A Very Peculiar Practice (1986)
• Kate & Koji (2020)
• Malice Aforethought (2005)
• Mauvaise passe (1999)
• The Beiderbecke Affair (1985)
• The Justice Game (1989)
• Secrets of the Royals: Births, Marriages and Deaths (2025)
• The Beiderbecke Connection (1988)
• Just Henry (2011)
• Joshua Jones (1991)