First time back on air for Babs since news of Alzheimer’s

Dame Barbara will tell the story of Americans Abbott and Costello who she watched during her teens. She said: “I absolutely loved them. I’m happy to pay tribute to them as two of America’s leading funnymen.” Radio 2 boss Lewis Carnie added: “I was delighted when Barbara agreed to narrate this documentary profiling one of […]

Babs writer reveals Barbara Windsor’s reaction to biopic: ‘I thought she f**king hated it'

The drama, starring Jaime Winstone, 31, and Samantha Spiro as the veteran screen star in her twenties and fifties respectively, chronicles Windsor’s difficult relationship with her father, played by Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrell’s Nick Moran, and the explosive romance with her ex-husband Ronnie Knight, as well as her breakout role in the Carry […]

Barbara Windsor smiles with Samantha Spiro and Jaime Winstone ahead of Babs biopic

The 31-year-old plays the EastEnders matriarch in BBC One’s drama about her – Babs.  But the daughter of star Ray Winstone found it daunting to play a young Barbara.  Babs starts with her first stage appearance aged six and recalls her turbulent relationship with her father and rocky marriage to first husband Ronnie Knight.  The […]

Babs: Jamie Winstone reveals how this encounter landed her Barbara Windsor role at FIFTEEN

Winstone stars as the EastEnders icon throughout her twenties, during her explosive marriage to Ronnie Knight, nights out with the Kray twins, and bursting into showbiz on Broadway and, of course, the Carry On films.  Naturally, the task of playing a national treasure was “terrifying” for Jamie, though, she knew the part was hers since […]