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==Later life== Windsor hosted two series of the BBC documentary ''Disaster Masters'' in 2005.<ref name="Disaster Masters Episodes">{{Cite web |title=Disaster Masters: Episode Guide |year=2012 |url=http://www.locatetv.com/tv/disaster-masters/55305/episode-guide |access-date=17 July 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120324054955/http://www.locatetv.com/tv/disaster-masters/55305/episode-guide |archive-date=24 March 2012 |url-status=dead}}</ref> She provided the voice of the Dormouse in Walt Disney's live-action adaptation of [[Lewis Carroll]]'s ''[[Alice in Wonderland (2010 film)|Alice in Wonderland]]'' (2010), directed by [[Tim Burton]].<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/hi/entertainment/newsid_8113000/8113588.stm New Alice in Wonderland images] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090626033438/http://news.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/hi/entertainment/newsid_8113000/8113588.stm |date=26 June 2009 }}, BBC Newsbeat</ref> Windsor appeared in the pantomime ''[[Dick Whittington]]'' at the [[Bristol Hippodrome]] over the Christmas/New Year period of 2010/2011.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/8596696.stm|work=BBC News|title=Barbara Windsor signs on to panto|date=31 March 2010|access-date=3 December 2010|archive-date=21 July 2012|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120721034907/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/8596696.stm|url-status=live}}</ref> In September 2010, it was announced that Windsor would be fronting a TV campaign for online bingo site Jackpotjoy as the Queen of Bingo.<ref>[http://www.jackpotjoy.com Barbara Windsor to Front Jackpotjoy Bingo TV Ad Campaign] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201031190612/https://www.jackpotjoy.com/ |date=31 October 2020 }}, jackpotjoy.com. Retrieved 28 December 2015.</ref> She appeared as herself in one episode of ''[[Come Fly with Me (2010 TV series)|Come Fly with Me]]'' in January 2011.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/entertainment/news/barbara-windsor-on-come-fly-with-me-28581699.html|title=Barbara Windsor on Come Fly With Me|newspaper=Belfasttelegraph |publisher=Belfast Telegraph|access-date=11 December 2020|archive-date=13 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201213161959/https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/entertainment/news/barbara-windsor-on-come-fly-with-me-28581699.html|url-status=live}}</ref> [[File:Barbara Windsor.jpg|thumb|upright|Windsor in 2009]] From 2011 onwards, she regularly did presenting work for [[BBC Radio 2]] music and showbusiness history programmes, and also was a regular stand in for [[Elaine Paige]] on ''[[Elaine Paige on Sunday]]''. She reprised her voice role of the Dormouse in the film ''[[Alice Through the Looking Glass (2016 film)|Alice Through the Looking Glass]]'' (2016).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://uk.eonline.com/news/566153/alice-in-wonderland-through-the-looking-glass-is-a-go-find-out-which-actors-will-reprise-their-roles |work=E |title=Alice in Wonderland |date=5 August 2014 |access-date=12 February 2015 |archive-date=13 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201213161941/https://www.eonline.com/news/566153/alice-in-wonderland-through-the-looking-glass-is-a-go-find-out-which-actors-will-reprise-their-roles |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2016, Windsor was invited to switch on the [[Blackpool Illuminations]] 57 years after her co-star in the film ''[[Too Hot to Handle (1960 film)|Too Hot to Handle]]'', [[Jayne Mansfield]], had performed the task during a break in filming.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-england-lancashire-37262023 | title=Dame Barbara turns on Blackpool lights | work=BBC News }}</ref> In May 2017, Windsor appeared in a cameo role as herself in [[BBC Television]]'s [[biopic]] about her life, ''[[Babs (2017 film)|Babs]]'', written by ''EastEnders'' scriptwriter [[Tony Jordan]]. It showed Windsor in the 1990s as she prepared to go on stage, and recalled events from her life, including her childhood, marriage to gangster [[Ronnie Knight]], and her roles in the Carry On films.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-36387442 |title=Barbara Windsor story set for BBC drama |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC |date=26 May 2016 |access-date=26 May 2016 |archive-date=26 May 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160526122000/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-36387442 |url-status=live }}</ref>
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