Babs
90 mins
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.
Nathan Harmer
Brian Mickey
Charlie Archer
Scott Mitchell
Rob Compton
Ronnie Kray / Reggie Kray
Tom Machell
Man in Shoe Shop
Hannah Hutch
Wife
Lewis Maiella
Chuck
Rob Hughes
Bernard Cribbins
Robin Sebastian
Kenneth Williams
Joe Stilgoe
Shepard Coleman
Jacob Krichefski
Slim Cattan
Rose Robinson
Hat Girl
Nicola Munns
Young Actress
Billy Burke
Dancer (uncredited)
Rebecca Lee
Jayne's Assistant
Jules Hussey
Producer
Lorraine Newman
Executive Producer
Lucy Richer
Executive Producer
Hilary Salmon
Executive Producer
Tim Palmer
Director of Photography
Rob Lane
Original Music Composer
Helen Chapman
Editor
Janice Flint
Production Design
Tanya Miller
Art Direction
Kate Good
Set Decoration
Amy Roberts
Costume Design
Laura Bernice Watson
Makeup Artist
Cat Wild
Makeup Artist