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"
36 movies · 53 shows
Open All Hours: Inside Out
2026·0.0
Diana: The Curse of the Spencers
2022·0.0
1978: The Winter of Discontent
2022·0.0
The Christmas Candle
2013·5.9
The Flying Scotsman: A Rail Romance
2013·8.5
Cheerful Weather for the Wedding
2012·5.4
Just Henry
2011·6.6
Burlesque Fairytales
2010·5.6
A Lion Called Christian
2009·7.0
The Marchioness Disaster
2008·5.5
Christmas at the Riviera
2007·4.2
Miss Potter
2006·6.6
Cracker: Nine Eleven
2006·7.0
The 7/7 Bombers: A Psychological Investigation
2005·0.0
George Orwell: A Life In Pictures
2003·8.5
Rosalind Franklin: DNA's Dark Lady
2003·9.0
Hornblower: Duty
2003·7.3
Hornblower: Loyalty
2003·7.2
Night Flight
2002·7.5
Lorna Doone
2001·5.8
The Escort
1999·5.4
You're Dead...
1999·6.8
The Man Who Would Be Kubrick
1999·0.0
King Lear
1998·8.5
Dear Nobody
1998·4.0
The Vanishing Man
1997·7.0
Benefactors
1989·2.0
Bosses From Hell
1989·0.0
Season's Greetings
1986·9.0
Day To Remember
1986·0.0
A Mother Like Him
1982·7.0
Britannia Hospital
1982·6.3
No Visible Scar
1981·0.0
Standing in for Henry
1980·0.0
Love on a Gunboat
1977·0.0
The Flight Fund
1975·9.0