Babs
Heartwarming dramatised story of actress Dame Barbara Windsor, recounting the people and events that shaped her life and career over 50 years from 1943 to 1993.
Written by Tony Jordan, this is the heartwarming 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 50 years from 1943 to 1993.
She contemplates her lonely childhood and Second World War 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 let her fans down whatever her personal anguish and steps on the stage to rapturous applause.
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Clips
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Babs auditions for Joan
Duration: 00:28
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Barbara changes her surname to Windsor
Duration: 00:37
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Babs: Trailer
Duration: 00:30
Music Played
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Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra
On The Sunny Side of The Street
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Ray Charles
One Mint Julep
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The Dave Brubeck Quartet
Heigh-Ho
Credits
Role | Contributor |
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Babs | Samantha Spiro |
Barbara | Jaime Winstone |
John Deeks | Nick Moran |
Rose Deeks | Leanne Best |
Ronnie Knight | Luke Allen-Gale |
Peter Charlesworth | Alex Macqueen |
Teen Barbara | Honor Kneafsey |
Scott Mitchell | Charlie Archer |
Joan Littlewood | Zoe Wanamaker |
Herself | Barbara Windsor |
Child Barbara | Florence Keen |
Brian Mickey | Nathan Harmer |
Aida Foster | Marty Cruickshank |
Producer | Peter Hamilton Dyer |
Rosie's Lawyer | Matthew Bates |
Divorce Judge | Robert East |
Johnny Brandon | Lewis Kirk |
Wardrobe Mistress | Cally Lawrence |
Shoe Shop Manageress | Sue Elliott-Nicholls |
Woman in Shoe Shop | Hannah Hutch |
Man in Shoe Shop | Tom Machell |
Peter Noble | Jonathan Rhodes |
Monsieur Vincent | Laurent Maurel |
Ronnie Scott | Ross Green |
Slim Cattan | Jacob Krichefski |
Cliff (Saxophonist) | James Atherton |
Neil | Todd Von Joel |
Stan | Dean Roberts |
Jayne Mansfield | Jerry-Jane Pears |
Jayne's Assistant | Rebecca Lee |
Young Actress | Nicola Munns |
Lionel Bart | Daniel Zenou |
Chuck | Lewis Maiella |
Charlie Kray | Toby Wharton |
Ronnie and Reggie Kray | Rob Compton |
Gerald Thomas | Nicholas Asbury |
Kenneth Williams | Robin Sebastian |
Bernard Cribbins | Rob Hughes |
Hat Girl | Rose Robinson |
Warren Beatty | Tom Forbes |
Shepard Coleman | Joe Stilgoe |
Julie Deeks | Julia Ford |
Writer | Tony Jordan |
Producer | Jules Hussey |
Director | Dominic Leclerc |
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