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.
Credits
Babs Cast
| Name |
Character |
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Alex MacQueen
He was 43, now 50 years old
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as Peter Charlesworth |
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Billy Burke
He was 50, now 57 years old
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as Dancer (uncredited) |
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Nick Moran
He was 47, now 54 years old
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as John Deeks |
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Zoë Wanamaker
She was 67, now 75 years old
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as Joan Littlewood |
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Jaime Winstone
She was 32, now 39 years old
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as Barbara Windsor (Young Adult) |
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Barbara Windsor
She was 79, now 87 years old
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as Barbara Windsor |
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Matthew Bates
He was 30, now 37 years old
|
as Rosie's Lawyer |
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Samantha Spiro
She was 48, now 56 years old
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as Babs |
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James Atherton
He was 145, now 152 years old
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as Cliff (Saxophonist) |
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Julia Ford
She was 27, now 34 years old
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as Julie Deeks |
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Luke Allen-Gale
He was 32, now 40 years old
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as Ronnie Knight |
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Jonathan Rhodes
He was 42, now 49 years old
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as Peter Noble |
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Sue Elliott-Nichols
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as Barbara's Shoe Shop Manager |
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Laurent Maurel
He was 45, now 52 years old
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as Monsieur Vincent |
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Peter Hamilton Dyer
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as Producer |
Babs Crew
