Acting credits
74
Prolific
Very extensive acting filmography.
Actor
Barbara Flynn
Acting
Career Snapshot
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Movies: 30Series: 44
TMDB ID: 183201
IMDb ID: nm0283409
Known for: Acting
Born: August 5, 1948
Age: 77
Place of birth: Hastings, East Sussex, England, UK
Gender: Female
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1970 - 2025
Years active: 56
Average TMDB rating: 7.03
Wikidata: Q4858886
Also known as
Barbara Joy McMurray
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"
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Movies
Movie credits linked with Barbara Flynn.
Diana: The Curse of the Spencers
as Narrator
2022 Movie
5.8
The Christmas Candle
as Lady Camdon
2013 Movie
The Flying Scotsman: A Rail Romance
as Narrator (Voice)
2013 Movie
5.4
Cheerful Weather for the Wedding
as Aunt Bella
2012 Movie
6.6
Just Henry
as Mrs Beaumont
2011 Movie
5.6
Burlesque Fairytales
as Mrs. Argyle
2010 Movie
7.8
A Lion Called Christian
as Self - Narrator(voice)
2009 Movie
4.2
Christmas at the Riviera
as Rita
2007 Movie
6.6
Miss Potter
as Helen Potter
2006 Movie
7.0
Cracker: Nine Eleven
as Judith Fitzgerald
2006 Movie
George Orwell: A Life In Pictures
as Narrator
2003 Movie
Rosalind Franklin: DNA's Dark Lady
as Narrator
2003 Movie
7.3
Hornblower: Duty
as Mrs. Mason
2003 Movie
7.1
Hornblower: Loyalty
as Mrs. Mason
2003 Movie
6.0
Night Flight
as Moira
2002 Movie
5.7
Lorna Doone
as Sarah Ridd
2001 Movie
5.2
The Escort
as Kim's Mother
1999 Movie
6.4
You're Dead...
as Prof. Corner
1999 Movie
The Man Who Would Be Kubrick
as Self - Narrator
1999 Movie
8.0
King Lear
as Goneril
1998 Movie
2.0
Dear Nobody
as Chris' Mother
1998 Movie
The Vanishing Man
as Me Jeffries
1997 Movie
Bosses From Hell
1989 Movie
Season's Greetings
as Belinda
1986 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Barbara Flynn.
Secrets of the Royals: Births, Marriages and Deaths
as Narrator • 10 eps
2025 Series
6.7
Beyond Paradise
as Anne Lloyd • 9 eps
2023 Series
7.9
Killing Eve
as Julia • 1 eps
2018 Series
7.4
The Durrells
as Aunt Hermione • 5 eps
2016 Series
6.2
1864
as Queen Victoria • 1 eps
2014 Series
Pat & Cabbage
as Pat • 6 eps
2013 Series
Jet! When Britain Ruled the Skies
as Herself - Narrator • 2 eps
2012 Series
7.5
Death in Paradise
as Patti Grenson • 1 eps
2011 Series
5.0
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
as Self - Participant • 1 eps
2011 Series
4.8
My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding
as Narrator (voice) • 14 eps
2010 Series
7.0
The Queen
as The Queen • 5 eps
2009 Series
7.1
Moving On
as Carol • 1 eps
2009 Series
8.2
Cranford
as Mrs Jamieson • 7 eps
2007 Series
6.5
The Line of Beauty
as Sally Tipper • 1 eps
2006 Series
7.2
Elizabeth I
as Mary Queen of Scots • 2 eps
2005 Series
4.1
Malice Aforethought
as Julia Bickleigh • 2 eps
2005 Series
7.6
Doctor Who
as Awsok • 2 eps
2005 Series
7.6
He Knew He Was Right
as Mrs. French • 4 eps
2004 Series
7.6
Sea of Souls
as Lt Col Petra Summers • 2 eps
2004 Series
7.2
The Inspector Lynley Mysteries
as Maureen Finnegan • 1 eps
2002 Series
7.9
The Forsyte Saga
as Emily Forsyte
2002 Series
Perfect
as Imogen • 2 eps
2001 Series
8.4
Murder in Mind
as Grace Fisher • 1 eps
2001 Series
7.7
Lorna Doone
as Sarah Ridd • 2 eps
2000 Series