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 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.
05-07-2017
1h 30m
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Movie Details
Production Info
Director:
Dominic Leclerc
Writer:
Tony Jordan
Production:
BBC
Key Crew
Executive Producer:
Tony Jordan
Executive Producer:
Lucy Richer
Executive Producer:
Hilary Salmon
Locations and Languages
Country:
GB
Filming:
GB
Languages:
en
Main Cast
Jaime Winstone
Jaime Margaret Winstone (born 6 May 1985) is an English actress, best known for her roles in Kidulthood, Dead Set, After Hours and her portrayal of Barbara Windsor in Babs.
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She is known for her roles as Jane Cobden in the BBC series Ripper Street, Celia Donnelly in Fortitude, and the title role of 'The Woman In Black' in the 2014 film The Woman in Black 2: Angel of Death. Best also appeared as Min Sakul in the sequel Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015).
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Dame Barbara Windsor, DBE (born Barbara Ann Deeks; 6 August 1937 - 10 December 2020) was an English actress, known for her appearances in the Carry On films and for playing Peggy Mitchell in the BBC One soap opera EastEnders. Windsor began her career on stage in 1950 and made her film debut in The Belles of St Trinian's in 1954 at the age of 13.
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TODD is multifaceted creative from London. Over the past decade he has worked within film, TV and radio as an actor, voice artist, writer and producer.
Notable acting credits include Eastenders (BBC), Holby City (BBC), Silent Witness (BBC) and TINAR (Nominee - The Taash Award for Comedy in Film, London Short Film Festival 2021). Commercially he has fronted TV campaigns for Sky Bet, Volvic, Cadbury and KFC.
He voiced the intro to the UEFA Europa League Final 2019 (BT Sport), was 'Nathan' on the Royal Navy radio ads (2015-19) and is a regular voice on TFL's radio announcements. Further voice credits include Google, Xbox, Carling, ITV, BBC, Lynx, Halfords, Nestle and Sony PlayStation.
Todd also co-hosts the weekly Painting & Decorating Show & Podcast on UK national DAB radio station Fix Radio.
His critically acclaimed poem Company was published in Lung Jazz - Young British Poets Anthology (Cinnamon Press, 2012).
Todd produced No Dog (Nominee - Best Short Film, British Urban Film Festival 2021 & Winner - Best Casting, Kinsale Shark Awards 2021), based on the critically acclaimed novel The Lost Boyz (Waterside Press, 2011) by Justin Rollins. Further production credits include NatWest, Heineken, Eharmony and Harry Potter And The Cursed Child.
Away from work, he mentors ex-offenders at Carney's Community boxing gym in South London and is a guest speaker for Lads Need Dads in Essex. Both are award winning charities doing life changing work within their communities.
Todd holds a First Class BA Hons Degree in Creative Writing & Drama from Kingston University, Surrey.
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