Barbara Flynn
Acting
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Acting Credits
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 Doct...
Known For
Filmography
Open All Hours: Inside Out
2026
Secrets of the Royals: Births, Marriages and Deaths
2025
as Narrator
Beyond Paradise
2023
as Anne Lloyd
Diana: The Curse of the Spencers
2022
as Narrator
1978: The Winter of Discontent
2022
as Narrator
Kate & Koji
2020
as Councillor Lavinia Bone
Killing Eve
2018
as Julia
The Durrells
2016
as Aunt Hermione
1864
2014
as Queen Victoria
The Christmas Candle
2013
as Lady Camdon
The Flying Scotsman: A Rail Romance
2013
as Narrator (Voice)
Pat & Cabbage
2013
as Pat
Cheerful Weather for the Wedding
2012
as Aunt Bella
Jet! When Britain Ruled the Skies
2012
as Herself - Narrator
Just Henry
2011
as Mrs Beaumont
Death in Paradise
2011
as Patti Grenson
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
2011
as Self - Participant
The Borgias
2011
as Isabella
Burlesque Fairytales
2010
as Mrs. Argyle
My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding
2010
as Narrator (voice)
A Lion Called Christian
2009
as Self - Narrator(voice)
The Queen
2009
as The Queen
Moving On
2009
as Carol
The Marchioness Disaster
2008
as Eileen Dallaglio
Christmas at the Riviera
2007
as Rita
Cranford
2007
as Mrs Jamieson
Guarding The Queen
2007
as Narrator
Miss Potter
2006
as Helen Potter
Cracker: Nine Eleven
2006
as Judith Fitzgerald
The Line of Beauty
2006
as Sally Tipper
The 7/7 Bombers: A Psychological Investigation
2005
as Voice
Malice Aforethought
2005
as Julia Bickleigh
The Queen's Castle
2005
as Narrator (Voice)
Doctor Who
2005
as Awsok
Elizabeth I
2005
as Mary Queen of Scots
Sea of Souls
2004
as Lt Col Petra Summers
He Knew He Was Right
2004
as Mrs French
Hornblower: Loyalty
2003
as Mrs. Mason
Rosalind Franklin: DNA's Dark Lady
2003
as Narrator
Hornblower: Duty
2003
as Mrs. Mason
George Orwell: A Life In Pictures
2003
as Narrator
Night Flight
2002
as Moira
The Inspector Lynley Mysteries
2002
as Maureen Finnegan
The Forsyte Saga
2002
as Emily Forsyte
The Forsyte Saga
2002
as Emily
Lorna Doone
2001
as Sarah Ridd
Perfect
2001
as Imogen
Murder in Mind
2001
as Grace Fisher
Lorna Doone
2000
as Sarah Ridd
The Escort
1999
as Kim's Mother
You're Dead...
1999
as Prof. Corner
The Man Who Would Be Kubrick
1999
as Self - Narrator
Wives and Daughters
1999
as Miss Browning
Dear Nobody
1998
as Chris' Mother
King Lear
1998
as Goneril
Hornblower
1998
as Mrs Mason
The Vanishing Man
1997
as Me Jeffries
The Vanishing Man
1997
as Dr Jeffries
Silent Witness
1996
as Carol Fisher
Dalziel and Pascoe
1996
as TV Documentary Narrator
Chandler & Co
1994
as Dee Tate
Cracker
1993
Cracker
1993
as Judith Fitzgerald
Cracker
1993
as Judith
Maigret
1992
Joshua Jones
1991
Performance
1991
as Goneril
Benefactors
1989
Bosses From Hell
1989
Agatha Christie's Poirot
1989
as Mrs Allerton
The Justice Game
1989
as Eleanor Goodchild
The Beiderbecke Connection
1988
as Jill Swinburne
Inspector Morse
1987
as Monica Height
The Beiderbecke Tapes
1987
as Jill Swinburne
Season's Greetings
1986
as Belinda
Day To Remember
1986
as Judy
A Very Peculiar Practice
1986
as Dr Rose Marie
The Beiderbecke Affair
1985
as Jill Swinburne
A Mother Like Him
1982
as Jill
Britannia Hospital
1982
as Private Nurse
The Barchester Chronicles
1982
as Mary Bold
The New Adventures of Lucky Jim
1982
as Joanna Lassiter
No Visible Scar
1981
as Margaret Hanson
The Bagthorpe Saga
1981
as Sue
Standing in for Henry
1980
as Heather
Love on a Gunboat
1977
as Monica Potter
Murder Most English: A Flaxborough Chronicle
1977
as Pauline Sutton
Open All Hours
1976
as The Milk Woman
The Flight Fund
1975
as Angie
Playhouse
1974
as Heather
Centre Play
1973
as Angie
Play for Today
1970
as Monica Potter
Play for Today
1970
as Margaret Hanson
Play for Today
1970
as Jill
A Family at War
1970
as Freda MacKenzie
A Family at War
1970
as Freda Ashton