June Wyndham Davies, a distinguished television producer and director known for her influential work on British television, died on September 9, 2026, at the age of 97. Born on June 27, 1929, in Cardiff, Davies had a prolific career spanning several decades, marked by notable contributions to both drama and film.

Davies is perhaps best remembered for her work on Granada Television’s adaptation of Sherlock Holmes, which aired on ITV during the 1980s and 1990s. In 1984, she launched The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, a series praised for its faithful return to the original stories first published in Strand magazine in 1891. Her direction helped to shape the series into a definitive interpretation of Arthur Conan Doyle’s classic detective.

Alongside her work on Sherlock Holmes, Davies directed nearly 50 episodes of the long-running soap opera Coronation Street, as well as 15 episodes of the courtroom drama Crown Court. Her relationship with Granada extended into film production as well; notably, in 1996 she produced August, an adaptation of Anton Chekhov’s Uncle Vanya. The film relocated the original Russian setting to Wales and featured Anthony Hopkins in both starring and directing roles. August was recognized with the Bafta Cymru Award for Best English-language Drama.

Prior to her tenure with Granada, Davies directed popular BBC teatime dramas including Heidi and Pollyanna in the early 1970s. She also wrote short stories and plays. Her career in the performing arts began in 1950 as an assistant stage manager and actor at the Little Theatre in Bristol. She later performed at the Theatre Royal in Horsham, West Sussex, where in 1953 she played Catherine Earnshaw in a production of Wuthering Heights alongside Michael Caine, who portrayed her onstage brother Hindley.

Davies’s final screen credit was the TV movie The Cater Street Hangman in 1998, produced by Prince Edward’s Ardent Productions and starring Keeley Hawes. After a career spanning nearly five decades, she retired in 2003, moving to a village near Alicante, Spain. In 2006, she married actress Norma West, her partner since 1962. West survives her.