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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 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.
Where to watch Babs
Babs is streaming in the US on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video Free and Amazon MX Player.
Cast
- Jaime Winstone as Barbara Windsor (Young Adult)
- Samantha Spiro as Babs
- Nick Moran as John Deeks
- Leanne Best as Rose Deeks
- Zoë Wanamaker as Joan Littlewood
- Barbara Windsor as Barbara Windsor
- Honor Kneafsey as Teen Barbara
- Florence Keen as Child Barbara
- Luke Allen-Gale as Ronnie Knight
- Julia Ford as Julie Deeks
- Nathan Harmer as Brian Mickey
- Marty Cruikshank as Aida Foster
Details
- Director
- Dominic Leclerc
- Released
- May 7, 2017
- Runtime
- 1h 30m
- Genres
- Drama, TV Movie
- Studio
- BBC
- Status
- Released
- TMDB score
- 7.3 / 10 from 12 votes
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