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.
Cast
Jaime Winstone
Barbara Windsor (Young Adult)Samantha Spiro
BabsNick Moran
John DeeksLeanne Best
Rose DeeksZoë Wanamaker
Joan LittlewoodBarbara Windsor
Barbara WindsorHonor Kneafsey
Teen BarbaraFlorence Keen
Child BarbaraLuke Allen-Gale
Ronnie KnightJulia Ford
Julie DeeksMarty Cruikshank
Aida FosterPeter Hamilton Dyer
ProducerAlex MacQueen
Peter CharlesworthJerry-Jane Pears
Jayne MansfieldDaniel Ben Zenou
Lionel BartLewis Kirk
Johnny BrandonTom Forbes
Warren BeattyToby Wharton
Charlie KrayAdam Lazarus
Theatre Performer (uncredited)Sue Elliott-Nichols
Barbara's Shoe Shop ManagerRoss Green
Ronnie ScottJames Atherton
Cliff (Saxophonist)Dean Roberts
StanTodd Von Joel
NeilJonathan Rhodes
Peter NobleLaurent Maurel
Monsieur VincentNicholas Asbury
Gerald ThomasCally Lawrence
Wardrobe MistressRobert East
Divorce JudgeMatthew Bates
Rosie's Lawyer