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Babs
Babs
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Babs

2017
1h 30m
Drama
TV Movie

Status

Released

Release

2017

Runtime

1h 30m

Where to Watch

Available options inUS

Provider type

Streaming

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Storyline

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.

Score Distribution

Details

Status
Released
Runtime
1h 30m
May 7, 2017
Languages
English
Director
Dominic Leclerc
Dominic Leclerc
Production
BBC
BBC
Production Countries
United Kingdom

Top Cast

44 Cast Members

Jaime Winstone

Jaime Winstone

Barbara Windsor (Young Adult)

Samantha Spiro

Samantha Spiro

Babs

Nick Moran

Nick Moran

John Deeks

Leanne Best

Leanne Best

Rose Deeks

Zoë Wanamaker

Zoë Wanamaker

Joan Littlewood

Barbara Windsor

Barbara Windsor

Barbara Windsor

Honor Kneafsey

Honor Kneafsey

Teen Barbara

Florence Keen

Florence Keen

Child Barbara

Luke Allen-Gale

Luke Allen-Gale

Ronnie Knight

Julia Ford

Julia Ford

Julie Deeks

Nathan Harmer

Brian Mickey

Marty Cruikshank

Marty Cruikshank

Aida Foster

Peter Hamilton Dyer

Peter Hamilton Dyer

Producer

Alex Macqueen

Alex Macqueen

Peter Charlesworth

Charlie Archer

Scott Mitchell

Jerry-Jane Pears

Jerry-Jane Pears

Jayne Mansfield

Daniel Ben Zenou

Daniel Ben Zenou

Lionel Bart

Lewis Kirk

Lewis Kirk

Johnny Brandon

Tom Forbes

Tom Forbes

Warren Beatty

Rob Compton

Ronnie Kray / Reggie Kray

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