Anita Dobson: movies and TV shows
Anita Dobson has 69 credits in the archive: 29 films and 40 TV series, from 1983 to 2025. Highest rated: Inside No. 9 (8.1/10).
Career timeline
1983 – 2025 · busiest year: 2024 (8 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Play for Today | Cynthia | TV | — | 76 |
| 2025 | Doctor Who: Wish World & The Reality War | Mrs Flood | Film | 5.1 | 76 |
| 2025 | EastEnders: 40 Years on the Square | Herself | Film | — | 76 |
| 2025 | Never Too Late | Cynthia | Film | — | 76 |
| 2025 | 3 Wishes for Christmas | Caroline | Film | 5.0 | 76 |
| 2024 | Doctor Who | Mrs Flood | TV | 6.4 | 75 |
| 2024 | Generation Z | Janine | TV | 5.5 | 75 |
| 2024 | Doctor Who: Unleashed | Mrs Flood (archive footage) | TV | 6.6 | 75 |
| 2024 | Doctor Who: Unleashed | Self | TV | 6.6 | 75 |
| 2024 | Doctor Who at the Proms | Mrs Flood | Film | 7.2 | 75 |
| 2024 | Curfew | Janet | TV | 4.9 | 75 |
| 2024 | This Time Next Year | Mrs. Mentis | Film | 6.1 | 75 |
| 2024 | Doctor Who: The Legend of Ruby Sunday & Empire of Death | Mrs Flood | Film | 6.5 | 75 |
| 2023 | Blood Actually: A Murder, They Hope Mystery | Bella | Film | 5.7 | 74 |
| 2023 | Christmas at the Holly Day Inn | Molly | Film | 6.7 | 74 |
| 2023 | When 80s TV Goes Horribly Wrong | Narrator | Film | — | 74 |
| 2022 | Dodger Special: Christmas | Bertha | Film | — | 73 |
| 2022 | Freddie Mercury: The Final Act | Self | Film | 6.7 | 73 |
| 2022 | Tomorrow Morning | Film | 5.7 | 73 | |
| 2021 | The Long Call | Grace Stephenson | TV | 6.2 | 72 |
| 2019 | The Fight | Gene Dunn | Film | 5.7 | 70 |
| 2018 | Torvill & Dean | Miss Perry | Film | 6.7 | 69 |
| 2016 | The Rebel | Margaret | TV | 7.2 | 67 |
| 2016 | Antonia Bird: From EastEnders to Hollywood | Self | Film | 8.0 | 67 |
| 2015 | Armada: 12 Days to Save England | Queen Elizabeth I | TV | — | 66 |
| 2015 | Pompidou | TV | 4.2 | 66 | |
| 2015 | London Road | June | Film | 5.5 | 66 |
| 2015 | Solitary | Nurse Mary | Film | 4.2 | 66 |
| 2014 | Inside No. 9 | Frances | TV | 8.1 | 65 |
| 2013 | Father Brown | Eunice Lytton | TV | 7.6 | 64 |
| 2010 | Little Crackers | Nan | TV | 6.8 | 61 |
| 2009 | Moving On | Kate Marr | TV | 7.4 | 60 |
| 2009 | Live from Studio Five | Self | TV | 3.8 | 60 |
| 2007 | The Alan Titchmarsh Show | Self | TV | 4.5 | 58 |
| 2006 | The One Show | Self | TV | 4.4 | 57 |
| 2006 | Great British Menu | Self - Guest Judge | TV | 6.5 | 57 |
| 2004 | New Tricks | Elaine Wanless | TV | 7.3 | 55 |
| 2004 | Today with Des and Mel | TV | — | 55 | |
| 2004 | Charlie | Charlie's Mum | Film | 4.4 | 55 |
| 2004 | Christine | Ruth Leyman | Film | 6.0 | 55 |
| 2003 | The Last Detective | TV | 7.8 | 54 | |
| 2000 | Urban Gothic | Fenella | TV | 4.8 | 51 |
| 2000 | The Stretch | Sam Greene | Film | 7.0 | 51 |
| 1999 | Loose Women | Self | TV | 3.4 | 50 |
| 1999 | Sunburn | Joyce Potts | TV | 4.8 | 50 |
| 1999 | The Tichborne Claimant | Fanny Loder | Film | 8.7 | 50 |
| 1999 | Darkness Falls | Mrs. Hayter | Film | 4.2 | 50 |
| 1999 | Junk | Mrs Lawson | Film | 8.0 | 50 |
| 1998 | The Revengers' Comedies | Daphne Teal | Film | 5.8 | 49 |
| 1997 | Get Well Soon | Mrs Osborne | TV | 7.0 | 48 |
| 1997 | The Untransmittable Lily Savage Show | Herself | Film | — | 48 |
| 1995 | Ghosts | Suzi Rudkin | TV | 6.0 | 46 |
| 1994 | Smokescreen | Gertie | TV | 8.0 | 45 |
| 1994 | Beyond Bedlam | Judith | Film | 5.1 | 45 |
| 1994 | The Fireboy | Mum | Film | — | 45 |
| 1993 | The Good Sex Guide | Self | TV | 4.2 | 44 |
| 1992 | Highlander: The Series | Molly Kingsley | TV | 7.4 | 43 |
| 1990 | The World of Eddie Weary | Roxanne | Film | 7.0 | 41 |
| 1989 | Split Ends | Cath | TV | 7.0 | 40 |
| 1988 | Red Dwarf | Captain Tau | TV | 8.1 | 39 |
| 1987 | Going Live! | Self | TV | 8.0 | 38 |
| 1986 | Casualty | Elaine Carrington | TV | 6.2 | 37 |
| 1986 | Casualty | Cora | TV | 6.2 | 37 |
| 1986 | Casualty | Rachel Lan | TV | 6.2 | 37 |
| 1985 | EastEnders | Angie Watts | TV | 4.2 | 36 |
| 1985 | EastEnders | TV | 4.2 | 36 | |
| 1985 | EastEnders | TV | 4.2 | 36 | |
| 1983 | Agatha Christie's Partners in Crime | TV | 6.4 | 34 | |
| 1983 | Up the Elephant and Round the Castle | Lois Tight | TV | 6.5 | 34 |