Acting
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"
Doctor Who
2005 · TV
Death in Paradise
2011 · TV
Play for Today
1970 · TV
Agatha Christie's Poirot
1989 · TV
Silent Witness
1996 · TV
The Borgias
2011 · TV
Playhouse
1974 · TV
Killing Eve
2018 · TV
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
2011 · TV
Inspector Morse
1987 · TV
Beyond Paradise
2023 · TV
The Inspector Lynley Mysteries
2002 · TV
Performance
1991 · TV
Moving On
2009 · TV
Centre Play
1973 · TV
Cracker
1993 · TV
The Durrells
2016 · TV
Murder in Mind
2001 · TV
The Forsyte Saga
2002 · TV
Hornblower
1998 · TV
Maigret
1992 · TV
Cranford
2007 · TV
Open All Hours
1976 · TV
Chandler & Co
1994 · TV
Wives and Daughters
1999 · TV
1864
2014 · TV
A Very Peculiar Practice
1986 · TV
Sea of Souls
2004 · TV
A Family at War
1970 · TV
He Knew He Was Right
2004 · TV
The Line of Beauty
2006 · TV
The Queen
2009 · TV
Elizabeth I
2005 · TV
Miss Potter
2006 · Movie
Murder Most English: A Flaxborough Chronicle
1977 · TV
The Vanishing Man
1997 · TV
Kate & Koji
2020 · TV
The Barchester Chronicles
1982 · TV
Lorna Doone
2000 · TV
Joshua Jones
1991 · TV
Secrets of the Royals: Births, Marriages and Deaths
2025 · TV
The Beiderbecke Affair
1985 · TV
The Beiderbecke Connection
1988 · TV
My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding
2010 · TV
Britannia Hospital
1982 · Movie
The Justice Game
1989 · TV
Pat & Cabbage
2013 · TV
The Escort
1999 · Movie
Malice Aforethought
2005 · TV
The Beiderbecke Tapes
1987 · TV
Cracker: Nine Eleven
2006 · Movie
Just Henry
2011 · Movie
Christmas at the Riviera
2007 · Movie
Perfect
2001 · TV
Hornblower: Loyalty
2003 · Movie
Jet! When Britain Ruled the Skies
2012 · TV
The Christmas Candle
2013 · Movie
Burlesque Fairytales
2010 · Movie
Cheerful Weather for the Wedding
2012 · Movie
Lorna Doone
2001 · Movie
Hornblower: Duty
2003 · Movie
Open All Hours: Inside Out
2026 · Movie
You're Dead...
1999 · Movie
Bosses From Hell
1989 · Movie
Standing in for Henry
1980 · Movie
The Vanishing Man
1997 · Movie
Season's Greetings
1986 · Movie
Guarding The Queen
2007 · TV
George Orwell: A Life In Pictures
2003 · Movie
Dear Nobody
1998 · Movie
King Lear
1998 · Movie
A Mother Like Him
1982 · Movie
No Visible Scar
1981 · Movie
Love on a Gunboat
1977 · Movie
The Flight Fund
1975 · Movie
The Man Who Would Be Kubrick
1999 · Movie
A Lion Called Christian
2009 · Movie
The Flying Scotsman: A Rail Romance
2013 · Movie
Diana: The Curse of the Spencers
2022 · Movie
Rosalind Franklin: DNA's Dark Lady
2003 · Movie
