
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"
Filmography30 titles

Cranford

Agatha Christie's Poirot

Killing Eve

The Forsyte Saga

Inspector Morse

Open All Hours

Lorna Doone

The Borgias

Doctor Who

Maigret

Death in Paradise

Silent Witness

The Durrells

Elizabeth I

The Inspector Lynley Mysteries

Moving On

Cracker: Nine Eleven

Beyond Paradise

A Family at War

Just Henry

Miss Potter

The Line of Beauty

Cracker

Celebrity Antiques Road Trip

Kate & Koji

The Christmas Candle

Lorna Doone

The Marchioness Disaster

Cheerful Weather for the Wedding

The Escort