
Barbara Flynn
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"
TV Shows(30)

Secrets of the Royals: Births, Marriages and Deaths
Narrator

Beyond Paradise
Anne Lloyd

Kate & Koji
Councillor Lavinia Bone

Killing Eve
Julia

The Durrells
Aunt Hermione

1864
Queen Victoria

Pat & Cabbage
Pat

Jet! When Britain Ruled the Skies
Herself - Narrator

Death in Paradise
Patti Grenson

Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
Self - Participant

The Borgias
Isabella

My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding
Narrator (voice)

The Queen
The Queen

Moving On
Carol

Cranford
Mrs Jamieson

Guarding The Queen
Narrator

The Line of Beauty
Sally Tipper

Malice Aforethought
Julia Bickleigh
The Queen's Castle
Narrator (Voice)

Doctor Who
Awsok