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Barbara Flynn

Cast & creator

Barbara Flynn

1948-08-05 (age 78) Hastings, East Sussex, England, UK Website IMDb

Best known for Doctor Who, Agatha Christie's Poirot, Death in Paradise

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"

Also known as: Barbara Joy McMurray

Movies

36

film credits

Series

60

television credits

Career

96

1970–2026 · acting roles

Credit score

7.0

average across scored titles

Signature credits

Known for

Ordered by popularity

Doctor Who

Doctor Who

Awsok · 2005

Agatha Christie's Poirot

Agatha Christie's Poirot

Mrs Allerton · 1989

Death in Paradise

Death in Paradise

Patti Grenson · 2011

Silent Witness

Silent Witness

Carol Fisher · 1996

Play for Today

Play for Today

Monica Potter · 1970

Across film & television

Filmography (96)

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Showing 96 of 96 credits

Doctor Who

Doctor Who

Awsok

Agatha Christie's Poirot

Agatha Christie's Poirot

Mrs Allerton

Death in Paradise

Death in Paradise

Patti Grenson

Silent Witness

Silent Witness

Carol Fisher

Play for Today

Play for Today

Monica Potter

Play for Today

Play for Today

Jill

Play for Today

Play for Today

Margaret Hanson

Killing Eve

Killing Eve

Julia

Playhouse

Playhouse

Heather

Inspector Morse

Inspector Morse

Monica Height

Dalziel and Pascoe

Dalziel and Pascoe

TV Documentary Narrator

Celebrity Antiques Road Trip

Celebrity Antiques Road Trip

Self - Participant

The Borgias

The Borgias

Isabella

Performance

Performance

Goneril

The Durrells

The Durrells

Aunt Hermione

Beyond Paradise

Beyond Paradise

Anne Lloyd

The Inspector Lynley Mysteries

The Inspector Lynley Mysteries

Maureen Finnegan

Centre Play

Centre Play

Angie

Hornblower

Hornblower

Mrs Mason

Cracker

Cracker

Cracker

Cracker

Judith Fitzgerald

Cracker

Cracker

Judith

Moving On

Moving On

Carol

Murder in Mind

Murder in Mind

Grace Fisher

Sea of Souls

Sea of Souls

Lt Col Petra Summers

The Forsyte Saga

The Forsyte Saga

Emily Forsyte

The Forsyte Saga

The Forsyte Saga

Emily

Cranford

Cranford

Mrs Jamieson

Chandler & Co

Chandler & Co

Dee Tate

A Very Peculiar Practice

A Very Peculiar Practice

Dr Rose Marie

Maigret

Maigret

Wives and Daughters

Wives and Daughters

Miss Browning

Murder Most English: A Flaxborough Chronicle

Murder Most English: A Flaxborough Chronicle

Pauline Sutton

Open All Hours

Open All Hours

The Milk Woman

The Queen

The Queen

The Queen

Miss Potter

Miss Potter

Helen Potter

1864

1864

Queen Victoria

A Family at War

A Family at War

Freda MacKenzie

A Family at War

A Family at War

Freda Ashton

He Knew He Was Right

He Knew He Was Right

Mrs French

The Line of Beauty

The Line of Beauty

Sally Tipper

Elizabeth I

Elizabeth I

Mary Queen of Scots

The Barchester Chronicles

The Barchester Chronicles

Mary Bold

Joshua Jones

Joshua Jones

The Beiderbecke Tapes

The Beiderbecke Tapes

Jill Swinburne

The Vanishing Man

The Vanishing Man

Dr Jeffries

Kate & Koji

Kate & Koji

Councillor Lavinia Bone

The Beiderbecke Affair

The Beiderbecke Affair

Jill Swinburne

Lorna Doone

Lorna Doone

Sarah Ridd

The Beiderbecke Connection

The Beiderbecke Connection

Jill Swinburne

Britannia Hospital

Britannia Hospital

Private Nurse

The Man Who Would Be Kubrick

The Man Who Would Be Kubrick

Self - Narrator

Cheerful Weather for the Wedding

Cheerful Weather for the Wedding

Aunt Bella

The Justice Game

The Justice Game

Eleanor Goodchild

My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding

My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding

Narrator (voice)

Pat & Cabbage

Pat & Cabbage

Pat

Perfect

Perfect

Imogen

Just Henry

Just Henry

Mrs Beaumont

Malice Aforethought

Malice Aforethought

Julia Bickleigh

The Escort

The Escort

Kim's Mother

The New Adventures of Lucky Jim

Joanna Lassiter

Cracker: Nine Eleven

Cracker: Nine Eleven

Judith Fitzgerald

Secrets of the Royals: Births, Marriages and Deaths

Secrets of the Royals: Births, Marriages and Deaths

Narrator

Benefactors

Christmas at the Riviera

Christmas at the Riviera

Rita

The Bagthorpe Saga

Sue

Bosses From Hell

Bosses From Hell

You're Dead...

You're Dead...

Prof. Corner

Lorna Doone

Lorna Doone

Sarah Ridd

The Christmas Candle

The Christmas Candle

Lady Camdon

Standing in for Henry

Standing in for Henry

Heather

Jet! When Britain Ruled the Skies

Jet! When Britain Ruled the Skies

Herself - Narrator

Hornblower: Loyalty

Hornblower: Loyalty

Mrs. Mason

George Orwell: A Life In Pictures

George Orwell: A Life In Pictures

Narrator

Guarding The Queen

Guarding The Queen

Narrator

Open All Hours: Inside Out

Open All Hours: Inside Out

King Lear

King Lear

Goneril

Love on a Gunboat

Love on a Gunboat

Monica Potter

Burlesque Fairytales

Burlesque Fairytales

Mrs. Argyle

Hornblower: Duty

Hornblower: Duty

Mrs. Mason

A Mother Like Him

A Mother Like Him

Jill

Night Flight

Moira

The Vanishing Man

The Vanishing Man

Me Jeffries

No Visible Scar

No Visible Scar

Margaret Hanson

A Lion Called Christian

A Lion Called Christian

Self - Narrator(voice)

The Flying Scotsman: A Rail Romance

The Flying Scotsman: A Rail Romance

Narrator (Voice)

The Marchioness Disaster

Eileen Dallaglio

Season's Greetings

Season's Greetings

Belinda

The Queen's Castle

Narrator (Voice)

Dear Nobody

Dear Nobody

Chris' Mother

Day To Remember

Judy

Diana: The Curse of the Spencers

Diana: The Curse of the Spencers

Narrator

Rosalind Franklin: DNA's Dark Lady

Rosalind Franklin: DNA's Dark Lady

Narrator

1978: The Winter of Discontent

Narrator

The Flight Fund

The Flight Fund

Angie

The 7/7 Bombers: A Psychological Investigation

Voice