June Wyndham Davies: A Sherlockian Conversation
The Jeremy Brett Sherlock Holmes Podcast
Gus Holwerda
4.8 • 573 Ratings
🗓️ 14 December 2023
⏱️ 48 minutes
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Summary
In this very special episode, we are thrilled to present our conversation with series producer and show-runner June Wyndham Davies. At the request of Granada chairman David Plowright, June began producing the show in 1986 ("The Return") and shepherded an incredible 22 stories from page to screen. Here, she recalls growing up in Cardiff, her history with Granada, and producing the Sherlock Holmes series. She also shares many touching memories of her good friend, Jeremy Brett.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello friends. |
| 0:04.0 | Tonight's guest requires no introduction to fans of the Granada Sherlock Holmes series. |
| 0:10.0 | Miss June Wyndham Davies was producer and showrunner on the program, |
| 0:14.0 | beginning with the return in 1986 and ending with the memoirs in 1994. |
| 0:20.0 | In addition to shepherding an incredible 22 stories of Sherlock Holmes, and ending with the memoirs in 1994. |
| 0:26.4 | In addition to shepherding an incredible 22 stories of Sherlock Holmes from page to screen, |
| 0:31.1 | she also famously produced the internationally acclaimed series, Cribb, |
| 0:34.2 | as well as Shades of Darkness for Granada Television, |
| 0:39.5 | and she received a BAFTA for producing the 1997 film, August, which starred and was directed by Anthony Hopkins. |
| 0:43.6 | June was also a dear friend to both Edward Hardwick and Jeremy Brett, and she was recently |
| 0:49.4 | kind enough to share with us a number of recollections from her time on the series. |
| 0:55.0 | And so, without further ado, we give you June Wyndham Davies. |
| 1:00.0 | Well, June, we are so completely thrilled to speak with you today. |
| 1:07.0 | I mean, you're responsible for one of the most special things that we believe has ever been put on television, so it's just so nice to be with you today. I mean, you're responsible for one of the most special things that we |
| 1:11.1 | believe has ever been put on television, so it's just so nice to be with you today. |
| 1:14.8 | Oh, gosh. Thank you very, very much. Thank you. |
| 1:17.9 | Well, I don't want to diverge too far from Sherlock Holmes, but I kind of would really like to know |
| 1:23.3 | just a little bit about you. I mean, where did you grow up? |
| 1:31.4 | Oh, I grew up in Cardiff in South Wales. |
| 1:33.8 | I had always wanted to be an actress, |
| 1:38.2 | and the theatre came from my grandmother. |
| 1:47.8 | Took me every Wednesday matinee to Cardiff, Prince of Wales Theatre and I I just became in love with a theatre. |
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