Babs

Babs

90 mins | Drama, TV Movie | May 7, 2017

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.

Babs

90 mins | Drama, TV Movie | May 7, 2017

Babs
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.
IMDb rating 6.3
Producers BBC
Original title Babs
Directors Dominic Leclerc
Writers Tony Jordan

Cast

Jaime Winstone

as Barbara Windsor (Young Adult)

Samantha Spiro

as Babs

Nick Moran

as John Deeks

Leanne Best

as Rose Deeks

Zoƫ Wanamaker

as Joan Littlewood

Barbara Windsor

as Barbara Windsor

Honor Kneafsey

as Teen Barbara

Florence Keen

as Child Barbara

Luke Allen-Gale

as Ronnie Knight

Julia Ford

as Julie Deeks

Nathan Harmer

as Brian Mickey

Marty Cruikshank

as Aida Foster

Peter Hamilton Dyer

as Producer

Alex MacQueen

as Peter Charlesworth

Charlie Archer

as Scott Mitchell

Jerry-Jane Pears

as Jayne Mansfield

Daniel Ben Zenou

as Lionel Bart

Lewis Kirk

as Johnny Brandon

Tom Forbes

as Warren Beatty

Rob Compton

as Ronnie Kray / Reggie Kray

Toby Wharton

as Charlie Kray

Adam Lazarus

as Theatre Performer (uncredited)

Sue Elliott-Nichols

as Barbara's Shoe Shop Manager

Tom Machell

as Man in Shoe Shop

Hannah Hutch

as Wife

Ross Green

as Ronnie Scott

James Atherton

as Cliff (Saxophonist)

Dean Roberts

as Stan

Todd Von Joel

as Neil

Lewis Maiella

as Chuck

Jonathan Rhodes

as Peter Noble

Laurent Maurel

as Monsieur Vincent

Rob Hughes

as Bernard Cribbins

Robin Sebastian

as Kenneth Williams

Nicholas Asbury

as Gerald Thomas

Joe Stilgoe

as Shepard Coleman

Jacob Krichefski

as Slim Cattan

Cally Lawrence

as Wardrobe Mistress

Robert East

as Divorce Judge

Matthew Bates

as Rosie's Lawyer

Rebecca Lee

as Jayne's Assistant

Rose Robinson

as Hat Girl

Nicola Munns

as Young Actress

Billy Burke

as Dancer (uncredited)