Acting credits
81
Prolific
Very extensive acting filmography.
Actor
Barbara Flynn
Acting
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Movies: 31Series: 50
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 - 2026
Years active: 57
Average TMDB rating: 7.1
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
Movies
Movie credits linked with Barbara Flynn.
Open All Hours: Inside Out
2026 • Movie
as Narrator
Diana: The Curse of the Spencers
2022 • Movie
as Lady Camdon
The Christmas Candle
2013 • Movie
as Narrator (Voice)
The Flying Scotsman: A Rail Romance
2013 • Movie
as Aunt Bella
Cheerful Weather for the Wedding
2012 • Movie
as Mrs Beaumont
Just Henry
2011 • Movie
as Mrs. Argyle
Burlesque Fairytales
2010 • Movie
as Self - Narrator(voice)
A Lion Called Christian
2009 • Movie
as Rita
Christmas at the Riviera
2007 • Movie
as Helen Potter
Miss Potter
2006 • Movie
as Judith Fitzgerald
Cracker: Nine Eleven
2006 • Movie
as Narrator
George Orwell: A Life In Pictures
2003 • Movie
as Narrator
Rosalind Franklin: DNA's Dark Lady
2003 • Movie
as Mrs. Mason
Hornblower: Duty
2003 • Movie
as Mrs. Mason
Hornblower: Loyalty
2003 • Movie
as Moira
Night Flight
2002 • Movie
as Sarah Ridd
Lorna Doone
2001 • Movie
as Kim's Mother
The Escort
1999 • Movie
as Prof. Corner
You're Dead...
1999 • Movie
as Self - Narrator
The Man Who Would Be Kubrick
1999 • Movie
as Goneril
King Lear
1998 • Movie
as Chris' Mother
Dear Nobody
1998 • Movie
as Me Jeffries
The Vanishing Man
1997 • Movie
Bosses From Hell
1989 • Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Barbara Flynn.
as Narrator • 10 eps
Secrets of the Royals: Births, Marriages and Deaths
2025 • Series
as Anne Lloyd • 9 eps
Beyond Paradise
2023 • Series
as Councillor Lavinia Bone • 6 eps
Kate & Koji
2020 • Series
as Julia • 1 eps
Killing Eve
2018 • Series
as Aunt Hermione • 5 eps
The Durrells
2016 • Series
as Queen Victoria • 1 eps
1864
2014 • Series
as Pat • 6 eps
Pat & Cabbage
2013 • Series
as Herself - Narrator • 2 eps
Jet! When Britain Ruled the Skies
2012 • Series
as Patti Grenson • 1 eps
Death in Paradise
2011 • Series
as Self - Participant • 1 eps
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
2011 • Series
as Isabella • 1 eps
The Borgias
2011 • Series
as Narrator (voice) • 14 eps
My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding
2010 • Series
as The Queen • 5 eps
The Queen
2009 • Series
as Carol • 1 eps
Moving On
2009 • Series
as Mrs Jamieson • 7 eps
Cranford
2007 • Series
as Narrator • 3 eps
Guarding The Queen
2007 • Series
as Sally Tipper • 1 eps
The Line of Beauty
2006 • Series
as Mary Queen of Scots • 2 eps
Elizabeth I
2005 • Series
as Julia Bickleigh • 2 eps
Malice Aforethought
2005 • Series
as Awsok • 2 eps
Doctor Who
2005 • Series
as Mrs French • 2 eps
He Knew He Was Right
2004 • Series
as Lt Col Petra Summers • 2 eps
Sea of Souls
2004 • Series
as Maureen Finnegan • 1 eps
The Inspector Lynley Mysteries
2002 • Series
as Emily Forsyte
The Forsyte Saga
2002 • Series