Babs
6.4
This is the story of Dame Barbara Windsor, the Cockney kid with a dazzling smile and talent to match. Preparing to perform in the theatre one cold evening in 1993, the cheeky, chirpy blonde Babs recounts the people and events that have shaped her life and career over fifty years from 1943 to 1993. She contemplates her lonely childhood and WWII evacuation; her decision to go from Barbara Ann Deeks to Barbara Windsor, inspired by the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II; her complicated relationship with her father; her doomed marriage to Ronnie Knight; capturing the attention of theatre director Joan Littlewood; and becoming the blonde bombshell in the Carry On films. Babs, ever the consummate professional, never lets her fans down whatever her personal anguish and steps on the stage to rapturous applause.
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Jaime Winstone
Barbara Windsor (Young Adult)
Known for
Love, Rosie
Dead Set
Samantha Spiro
Babs
Known for
Sex Education
Me Before You
Nick Moran
John Deeks
Known for
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
Don't Knock Twice
Leanne Best
Rose Deeks
Known for
Carnival Row
Fortitude
Zoë Wanamaker
Joan Littlewood
Known for
Shadow and Bone
Britannia
Barbara Windsor
Barbara Windsor
Known for
Alice in Wonderland
EastEnders
Honor Kneafsey
Teen Barbara
Known for
Wolfwalkers
Sherlock
Florence Keen
Child Barbara
Known for
Renegade Nell
The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Pie Society
Luke Allen-Gale
Ronnie Knight
Known for
Dominion
Doom: Annihilation
Julia Ford
Julie Deeks
Known for
The Secret of Crickley Hall
Now Is Good
Nathan Harmer
Brian Mickey
Known for
Sherlock
Marty Cruikshank
Aida Foster
Known for
My Oxford Year
Dominic Leclerc Director · Tony Jordan Writer Rob Lane Composer
First release May 7, 2017 · Produced in United Kingdom · Production BBC Film
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BBC
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BBC Film
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United Kingdom
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Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United Kingdom · May 7, 2017
TV · BBC One
No release date listed for United States.
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