I Hear of Sherlock Everywhere

Episode 343: Is This a Joke, Mr. Holmes?

<h4 style="text-align: center;">“There was certainly an element of comedy” [3GAR]  </h4><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5tXSef_0DYCf_FHMCDPcoh_XSdsWanGuOSFMxrSk3C9ckKfrNqAR9Ii41UHdwpJTOtxFRXg7fDbxeYgeTQ2qJBjHR4-RSa1XkgEE7jMw-GbeSPPzPF8hjl-bvUvC9LGfZ9-mYHQuWV-aoy6SKbPWxgZh_Cx-GIRYzqIkLFPp9Y1pTfqqoKDYCKwJEskSV/s2700/ihearofsherlock343-header.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="2700" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5tXSef_0DYCf_FHMCDPcoh_XSdsWanGuOSFMxrSk3C9ckKfrNqAR9Ii41UHdwpJTOtxFRXg7fDbxeYgeTQ2qJBjHR4-RSa1XkgEE7jMw-GbeSPPzPF8hjl-bvUvC9LGfZ9-mYHQuWV-aoy6SKbPWxgZh_Cx-GIRYzqIkLFPp9Y1pTfqqoKDYCKwJEskSV/w640-h426/ihearofsherlock343-header.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div></div><div><br /></div><div>We find ourselves in conversation with veteran cartoonist and graphic artist <b>Jeff Decker, BSI</b> (“Dr. Grimesby Roylott”) as we discuss the hilarious Sherlock Holmes cartoons he’s drawn for decades, now brought together in a new collection from Wessex Press entitled <b><i><a href="https://www.wessexpress.com/products/is-this-a-joke-mr-holmes-the-selected-sherlockian-artwork-of-jeff-decker-bsi" target="_blank">“Is This a Joke, Mr. Holmes?”</a></i></b> </div><div><br /></div><div>You’ll hear about the unique way he happened to chose the first Sherlock Holmes story he ever read, and how he fell under the spell of the Great Detective while serving in the U.S. Navy, thanks to the  ship's library. You’ll hear about his early experiences joining and leading scion societies, and how his cartoons became an eagerly anticipated feature of <i>The Baker Street Journal</i> and other Sherlockian publications.</div><div><br />We dive into his artistic roots, from his childhood copying of  TV cartoons to art school, and his career as a successful graphic artist. We talk about the great animators and illustrators who shaped his style, from Chuck Jones and Tex Avery to the great Walt Kelly. And we wrap up with a look back at his first Baker Street Irregulars dinner, and the unusual story behind his investiture as “Dr. Grimesby Roylott.”</div><div><div><br /></div><div><div>Our “<b>Learned Societies</b>” segment kicks off with Sherlockian society activities rounding out the second half of November. Then, it’s the latest edition of “<b>Examining the Pictures</b>,” with the film critic, journalist, and author Christian Monggaard, BSI, with his review of the fourth and final season of the BBC’s <i>Sherlock </i>series. Finally, the <b>Canonical Couplet</b> quiz will test your Sherlock Holmes knowledge, with a copy of <i>"Is This a Joke, Mr. Holmes?"</i> for the winner. Send your answer to comment @ ihearofsherlock.com by October 14, 2026 at 11:59 p.m. EDT. All listeners are eligible to play.<br /></div></div></div><div><br /></div><p style="text-align: center;">As a reminder, our <a href="https://ihose.co/ihosepatron" target="_blank">supporters</a> can listen to the show ad-free and have access to occasional bonus material. 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Episode 343: Is This a Joke, Mr. Holmes?

“There was certainly an element of comedy” [3GAR] We find ourselves in conversation with veteran cartoonist and graphic artist Jeff Decker...

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by Scott Monty

Baker Street Elementary – Infinite Strangeness

<h4 style="text-align: center;">“Not for worlds” [BLAC]<span> </span></h4><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYz2hwwM9L23fIbGMk6pxpXF_len-Acn8aPqltLS9c5g0MWk2J3X0eHSWgemnsaWrBf8FjtJaAQwubr8JNjcf_A-vXEQ0s_scTZEZriffmZPinU_lMJo_s2LEkn9IYXp-h4Ygc-6_DerKzQL4tp5GcHzLr1CBDUCUwhb5jceOlbWTBR3FHVpJj_zDFgx3h/s1365/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20236.1.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1365" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYz2hwwM9L23fIbGMk6pxpXF_len-Acn8aPqltLS9c5g0MWk2J3X0eHSWgemnsaWrBf8FjtJaAQwubr8JNjcf_A-vXEQ0s_scTZEZriffmZPinU_lMJo_s2LEkn9IYXp-h4Ygc-6_DerKzQL4tp5GcHzLr1CBDUCUwhb5jceOlbWTBR3FHVpJj_zDFgx3h/w640-h360/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20236.1.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><p style="text-align: left;">Consider this: the Sherlock Holmes stories, even with their spectral hounds, severed ears, and dead bodies on railway tracks, are less an escape from life as we know it, than a reflection of it.</p><p style="text-align: left;">“There is nothing new under the sun. It has all been done before, as Sherlock Holmes told Inspector Gregson in <i>A Study in Scarlet</i>. While he was referring to the a specific case in the annals of crime history, the inference was clear: human nature is constant. </p><p style="text-align: left;">The crimes reported to us by Dr. Watson are by their very nature worthy of stories, but they indicate how common and similar humans are throughout time, driven by many of what are known as the Seven Deadly Sins: wrath, greed, pride, sloth, envy, gluttony, and lust. These core vices make up the basic physical, emotional, and mental needs of humans, as expressed in the extreme.</p><p style="text-align: left;">The way these vices are manifested in the stories may seem outrageous enough to readers, but they hold true enough to not be completely shocking. That is, they would be recognizable to anyone, in any land.</p><p style="text-align: left;">The older man who is trying to make himself more vigorous for his object of desire, the con man who concocts a story to make a willing dupe that much more pliable, the heartbroken lover who seeks revenge, a man of honor who kills to defend the woman he loves... these are all examples from the Canon that we can imagine happening in our world today.</p><p style="text-align: left;">Sherlock Holmes agreed on this point, and even expressed it similarly to Watson in "A Case of Identity":</p><div><div><blockquote>“My dear fellow,” said Sherlock Holmes as we sat on either side of the fire in his lodgings at Baker Street, “life is infinitely stranger than anything which the mind of man could invent. We would not dare to conceive the things which are really mere commonplaces of existence. If we could fly out of that window hand in hand, hover over this great city, gently remove the roofs, and peep in at the queer things which are going on, the strange coincidences, the plannings, the cross-purposes, the wonderful chains of events, working through generations, and leading to the most <i>outré</i> results, it would make all fiction with its conventionalities and foreseen conclusions most stale and unprofitable.”</blockquote></div><div> </div></div><div>Meanwhile, things are out of this world at Baker Street Elementary...</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZV5ahr7cgaJpqz_xNF8fdNKMTfyZ8LrjNaOqazfpniB4mnINYXDQtGfBFQct-XUWwvx7-Sgrf2ZD1k4Fif4Y_W8DnqTgqVEXltexEdDcBnE7mXkmAspiWqkpdY1A_zNw0M4ocl8dyWoU5XK2IpJPGa7QGWkareSfI9H5Ntl3Ow7e98uuRzwoOp3LkId2F/s1365/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20236.2.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1365" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZV5ahr7cgaJpqz_xNF8fdNKMTfyZ8LrjNaOqazfpniB4mnINYXDQtGfBFQct-XUWwvx7-Sgrf2ZD1k4Fif4Y_W8DnqTgqVEXltexEdDcBnE7mXkmAspiWqkpdY1A_zNw0M4ocl8dyWoU5XK2IpJPGa7QGWkareSfI9H5Ntl3Ow7e98uuRzwoOp3LkId2F/w640-h360/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20236.2.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjin6ChvLpiz3XSOlkmEseMMZ7AyB5Y7tW0CEw-DS1LCyhEgALrxUfR2_aLpVzvWY_ID4aOdXupDfgJ3XswzoVvKgKZCeoDGHUCVt3NjnwbSGr0OwD0hIzgIEM5WdRdEJkS5ssikdkIoJKgliinN3N89m2M5OHetJQpgELhP10NtkaKoesVSJXRPOR7WACk/s1365/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20236.3.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1365" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjin6ChvLpiz3XSOlkmEseMMZ7AyB5Y7tW0CEw-DS1LCyhEgALrxUfR2_aLpVzvWY_ID4aOdXupDfgJ3XswzoVvKgKZCeoDGHUCVt3NjnwbSGr0OwD0hIzgIEM5WdRdEJkS5ssikdkIoJKgliinN3N89m2M5OHetJQpgELhP10NtkaKoesVSJXRPOR7WACk/w640-h360/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20236.3.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH02Os72bZH_6e51FM_9aY7CPwzmV4gUjSMkJuMqJw7Zxn4DSmqONikbh4OHtwRzvB-q3Ko3_g2Am2VTHc53D895UzYEWrpdzZ3VSI4Iz3UQQWD3Stdb6paQ9w7Z9s6hA0qOuyvoSBa77mYcTyIhvKBimipP2AVbTJOcXr5F9eDt3UnYG-rSG49qtXc1rb/s1365/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20236.4.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1365" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH02Os72bZH_6e51FM_9aY7CPwzmV4gUjSMkJuMqJw7Zxn4DSmqONikbh4OHtwRzvB-q3Ko3_g2Am2VTHc53D895UzYEWrpdzZ3VSI4Iz3UQQWD3Stdb6paQ9w7Z9s6hA0qOuyvoSBa77mYcTyIhvKBimipP2AVbTJOcXr5F9eDt3UnYG-rSG49qtXc1rb/w640-h360/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20236.4.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="background-color: white; color: #0e0e0e; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;"><i>Baker Street Elementary</i></b><span face="" style="background-color: white; color: #0e0e0e; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;"> follows the original adventures of Sherlock Holmes and <a class="b-tooltip-container" data-preview="" href="https://www.google.com/search?ved=1t:260882&q=John+Watson+Sherlock+Holmes&bbid=6321981775136876837&bpid=3408911776569555507" target="_blank"><span class="b-tooltip" style="display: none;"><iframe src="/share-widget?w=poi&o=t&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2Fsearch%3Fved%3D1t%3A260882%26q%3DJohn%2BWatson%2BSherlock%2BHolmes%26bbid%3D6321981775136876837%26bpid%3D3408911776569555507"></iframe></span>John Watson</a>, as they and their friends work through the issues of elementary school in <a class="b-tooltip-container" data-preview="" href="https://www.google.com/search?ved=1t:260882&q=Victorian+London&bbid=6321981775136876837&bpid=3408911776569555507" target="_blank"><span class="b-tooltip" style="display: none;"><iframe src="/share-widget?w=poi&o=t&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2Fsearch%3Fved%3D1t%3A260882%26q%3DVictorian%2BLondon%26bbid%3D6321981775136876837%26bpid%3D3408911776569555507"></iframe></span>Victorian London</a>. An archive of all previous episodes can be viewed at the <a href="https://www.dfw-sherlock.org/baker-street-elementary.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Baker Street Elementary website</a></span><span face="" style="background-color: white; color: #0e0e0e; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">.</span></div><div><div><br /></div><div><span face="" style="background-color: white; color: #0e0e0e; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span><span face="" style="background-color: white; color: #0e0e0e; font-size: 14px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGyHxoov2AdCNzI-sA382WHyzmCYKmU5vuVxxUUbwgmzd_zESpxNTWBoDo-0BOUVmZPf0EpIOXFT9y59il288HBvx1-_JJJXxHhZAn2orzWJPWbYZasKlLBplbQMHDaY9thgs_w1diI7ch/s1600/Baker+Street+Elementary.jpg" style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: medium; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="358" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGyHxoov2AdCNzI-sA382WHyzmCYKmU5vuVxxUUbwgmzd_zESpxNTWBoDo-0BOUVmZPf0EpIOXFT9y59il288HBvx1-_JJJXxHhZAn2orzWJPWbYZasKlLBplbQMHDaY9thgs_w1diI7ch/s640/Baker+Street+Elementary.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><br /><br />

Baker Street Elementary – Infinite Strangeness

“Not for worlds” [BLAC] Consider this: the Sherlock Holmes stories, even with their spectral hounds, severed ears, and dead bodies on rail...

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by Scott Monty

Nominate Someone for the 2027 Susan Rice Mentorship Award

<h4 style="clear: both; text-align: center;">“A friendly native will surely guide us” [CREE]  </h4><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGNsgCY2JRMohz42NAtuVTQXg8WSSN8Hf4peDxiox5RWJOeJ2AS6tlyNMsQJVrNi5Ff9MdNw6PeZ7w0--Bg7bpxzouCLqGCEBhAYe_uXv1kyGoKHgvDeI8Hi3pXWWjeyO-gouPG6cbojhQ7UdI9XjtT98NM-q9zHsL6_mccy4ajEzRrQsxlSP2l3Onaw/s960/Blau-Rice.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="641" data-original-width="960" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGNsgCY2JRMohz42NAtuVTQXg8WSSN8Hf4peDxiox5RWJOeJ2AS6tlyNMsQJVrNi5Ff9MdNw6PeZ7w0--Bg7bpxzouCLqGCEBhAYe_uXv1kyGoKHgvDeI8Hi3pXWWjeyO-gouPG6cbojhQ7UdI9XjtT98NM-q9zHsL6_mccy4ajEzRrQsxlSP2l3Onaw/w640-h428/Blau-Rice.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Photo courtesy of Will Walsh, BSI</span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div> <div>Every profession, every hobby needs mentors. A mentor's job is to help new arrivals understand the context and meaning of the organization they're stepping into. Mentors helpfully point out the guardrails, endlessly encourage curiosity, and consistently communicate the worth and potential of those in their charge.</div><div><br /></div><div>Mentors are leaders.</div><div><br /></div><div>And we were blessed to have such a leader in <b>Susan Rice, ASH, BSI, 2s.</b> ("Beeswing") as part of the Sherlockian movement. You can read <a href="https://www.ihearofsherlock.com/2020/10/remembering-susan-rice-ash-bsi-2s.html#.Y0VupXZKjb0" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">what our peers had to say about Susan</a> upon her passing four years ago.</div><div><br /></div><div>Susan was an exceptional writer, and one of her specialties was <a class="b-tooltip-container" data-preview="" href="https://www.google.com/search?ved=1t:260882&q=Vincent+Starrett&bbid=6321981775136876837&bpid=5075907601162330622" target="_blank"><span class="b-tooltip" style="display: none;"><iframe src="/share-widget?w=poi&o=t&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2Fsearch%3Fved%3D1t%3A260882%26q%3DVincent%2BStarrett%26bbid%3D6321981775136876837%26bpid%3D5075907601162330622"></iframe></span>Vincent Starrett</a>. We had the opportunity to speak with her and <b>Ray Betzner, BSI</b> ("The Agony Column") about Starrett on <a href="https://ihose.co/ihose61" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Episode 61</a>:</div><div><br /></div><div><iframe allowfullscreen="" data-dashlane-frameid="4677" data-dashlane-rid="7bd3e822dd64a1ca" data-form-type="" height="192" mozallowfullscreen="true" msallowfullscreen="true" oallowfullscreen="true" scrolling="no" src="https://play.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/2671427/height/192/theme/modern/size/large/thumbnail/yes/custom-color/000000/time-start/00:00:00/playlist-height/200/direction/backward/download/yes" style="border: none;" title="Embed Player" webkitallowfullscreen="true" width="100%"></iframe><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>And there could be no better example of Susan's mentorship than her involvement with the <a class="b-tooltip-container" data-preview="" href="https://www.google.com/search?ved=1t:260882&q=Adventuresses+of+Sherlock+Holmes&bbid=6321981775136876837&bpid=5075907601162330622" target="_blank"><span class="b-tooltip" style="display: none;"><iframe src="/share-widget?w=poi&o=t&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2Fsearch%3Fved%3D1t%3A260882%26q%3DAdventuresses%2Bof%2BSherlock%2BHolmes%26bbid%3D6321981775136876837%26bpid%3D5075907601162330622"></iframe></span>Adventuresses of Sherlock Holmes</a> and the quiet yet determined effort to see women admitted to the <a class="b-tooltip-container" data-preview="" href="https://www.google.com/search?ved=1t:260882&q=Baker+Street+Irregulars&bbid=6321981775136876837&bpid=5075907601162330622" target="_blank"><span class="b-tooltip" style="display: none;"><iframe src="/share-widget?w=poi&o=t&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2Fsearch%3Fved%3D1t%3A260882%26q%3DBaker%2BStreet%2BIrregulars%26bbid%3D6321981775136876837%26bpid%3D5075907601162330622"></iframe></span>Baker Street Irregulars</a>, which we discussed with her and <b>Evelyn Herzog, BSI</b> ("The Daintiest Thing Under a Bonnet") in <a href="https://ihose.co/ihose89" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Episode 89</a>:</div><div><br /></div><div><iframe title="Embed Player" src="https://play.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/4113629/height/192/theme/modern/size/large/thumbnail/yes/custom-color/414851/time-start/00:00:00/playlist-height/200/direction/backward/download/yes/font-color/FFFFFF" height="192" width="100%" scrolling="no" allowfullscreen="" webkitallowfullscreen="true" mozallowfullscreen="true" oallowfullscreen="true" msallowfullscreen="true" style="border-width: medium; border-style: none; border-color: currentcolor; border-image: none;" data-dashlane-rid="e9b752d27bbd9dc0" data-dashlane-classification="other" data-dashlane-frameid="593"></iframe><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>So when the <b><a class="b-tooltip-container" data-preview="" href="https://www.google.com/search?ved=1t:260882&q=Susan+Rice+Mentorship+Award&bbid=6321981775136876837&bpid=5075907601162330622" target="_blank"><span class="b-tooltip" style="display: none;"><iframe src="/share-widget?w=poi&o=t&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2Fsearch%3Fved%3D1t%3A260882%26q%3DSusan%2BRice%2BMentorship%2BAward%26bbid%3D6321981775136876837%26bpid%3D5075907601162330622"></iframe></span>Susan Rice Mentorship Award</a></b> was announced at the 2022 BSI Weekend, it was no surprise that stalwart <b><a class="b-tooltip-container" data-preview="" href="https://www.google.com/search?ved=1t:260882&q=Peter+Blau+Sherlock+Holmes&bbid=6321981775136876837&bpid=5075907601162330622" target="_blank"><span class="b-tooltip" style="display: none;"><iframe src="/share-widget?w=poi&o=t&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2Fsearch%3Fved%3D1t%3A260882%26q%3DPeter%2BBlau%2BSherlock%2BHolmes%26bbid%3D6321981775136876837%26bpid%3D5075907601162330622"></iframe></span>Peter Blau, BSI</a></b> ("<a class="b-tooltip-container" data-preview="" href="https://www.google.com/search?ved=1t:260882&q=Black+Peter+Sherlock+Holmes+story&bbid=6321981775136876837&bpid=5075907601162330622" target="_blank"><span class="b-tooltip" style="display: none;"><iframe src="/share-widget?w=poi&o=t&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2Fsearch%3Fved%3D1t%3A260882%26q%3DBlack%2BPeter%2BSherlock%2BHolmes%2Bstory%26bbid%3D6321981775136876837%26bpid%3D5075907601162330622"></iframe></span>Black Peter</a>") was announced as the inaugural recipient. [That's Peter pictured above with Susan.]</div><div><br /></div><div>Other recipients:</div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><b>Evelyn Herzog, BSI, ASH</b> ("The Daintiest Thing Under a Bonnet") in 2023.</li><li><b>Francine Kitts, BSI, ASH</b> ("Lady Hilda Trelawney Hope") in 2024.</li><li><b>Julie McKuras, BSI, ASH</b> ("The Dutchess of Devonshire") in 2025.</li><li><b>Burt Wolder, BSI</b> ("The Third Pillar From the Left") in 2026.</li></ul></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><b>Nominations for the 2027 Susan Rice Mentorship Award are open until November 13.</b> The winner will be announced and presented with the award during the 2027 BSI Weekend.</div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiiCpSpbiiE2FsgbDYvbm0v02lWsvhdyXfttSd96Wk0q9McHQAJlTvYHLxaR3YX9ny4f1N5D-U9lrqQxYZ0Lio9qCtjzRf3CICgEPDlmwxkIw3Do620m0FzD4RqPzYD08HXeS_4zmN32Z2zNkT1qln8VqS2cD1Jzb57kFtgsKkHqOltz85Aijer4dEvhstm" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1035" height="494" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiiCpSpbiiE2FsgbDYvbm0v02lWsvhdyXfttSd96Wk0q9McHQAJlTvYHLxaR3YX9ny4f1N5D-U9lrqQxYZ0Lio9qCtjzRf3CICgEPDlmwxkIw3Do620m0FzD4RqPzYD08HXeS_4zmN32Z2zNkT1qln8VqS2cD1Jzb57kFtgsKkHqOltz85Aijer4dEvhstm=w640-h494" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /></div><h3>What is the Susan Rice Mentorship Award?</h3><div><div>The award is to recognize the activities of a member of the Sherlock Holmes community who has been a mentor to others, in the spirit of Susan Rice. The award will be judged on the mentor’s commitment to bringing aspiring Sherlockians into the cause and encouraging them to find ways to keep green the memory of Sherlock Holmes. While those activities could be in the traditional realm of trifling monographs and playing The Game, we would also recognize that the effort could take place in other media and activities. </div><div><br /></div><div>To sum up who we are looking for in a few words: Someone who is generous, welcoming, and offers encouragement.</div><p><br /></p><h3>Who Is Eligible For The Award?</h3><p>The Susan Rice Mentorship Award is open to all living Sherlockians who are generous, welcoming, and offer encouragement. They will also need to have a proven record that supports that definition. No current judges or previous winners may be considered for the award. The award is not limited to members of the Baker Street Irregulars.</p><p><br /></p><h3>How Is Someone Nominated?</h3><p>The award will be given based on nominations. The nominator should complete an essay of <b>750 words or fewer </b>that answers this question: “Who do you believe should be recognized for their work in mentoring aspiring Sherlockians and why? Please provide specific examples of their guidance, encouragement, and welcoming spirit.” </p><p>Qualities to consider when nominating: Welcoming to all Sherlockians; looking out for new Sherlockians to join the ranks; encouraging involvement and guiding people through their participation; connecting new Sherlockians to current members of the BSI; believing in someone even if they don’t believe in themselves; leaving the organization better than when they joined it. </p><p>Should someone be nominated in one year and not win, they would need to be re-nominated for consideration in succeeding years.</p><p><br /></p><h3>Where Should Nominations Be Sent?</h3><p>Nominations should be sent to <a href="mailto:ricementorshipaward@gmail.com">ricementorshipaward@gmail.com</a>. An acknowledgment email will be sent in reply. </p><p><br /></p><h3>Who Are The Judges?</h3><p>The current judges are <b>Curtis Armstrong</b>, <b>Jenn Eaker</b>, <b>Ashley Polasek</b>, <b>Rob Nunn</b>, and <b>Madeline Quinones</b>. Again, judges are not eligible for the award.</p><p><br /></p><p>For a heartfelt reminiscence on Susan Rice's impact from a former mentee of hers, read <a href="http://www.vincentstarrett.com/blog/susan-rice-mentorship-award" target="_blank">Curtis Armstrong's essay on the Studies in Starrett blog</a>.</p><p><br /></p><p>We hope you nominate someone worthy of the award.</p><p><br /></p><p>--</p><p><br /></p></div>

Nominate Someone for the 2027 Susan Rice Mentorship Award

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by Scott Monty

Crushed in Time: Mobile Release Announced

<h4 style="text-align: center;"> “crushed in the press” [ENGR] </h4><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEja5q5JG2k--6zGNNKH8s-CsFDbD4d_NBO-bVYgoKcCO8CQmZlwmr3K4CCL4nrQDWkbyy4gy10LYKS78-x_Y_IxeKmKeqIjF1_3TsKCkHR85-i7IOwl4rZP1VXFUynVLZZoyldFLRvwZYP6NSLmjE_0zIhlG0nzNuRi8MIDHrH5gdJztZ8OT2LZrdqm61ye" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1899" height="364" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEja5q5JG2k--6zGNNKH8s-CsFDbD4d_NBO-bVYgoKcCO8CQmZlwmr3K4CCL4nrQDWkbyy4gy10LYKS78-x_Y_IxeKmKeqIjF1_3TsKCkHR85-i7IOwl4rZP1VXFUynVLZZoyldFLRvwZYP6NSLmjE_0zIhlG0nzNuRi8MIDHrH5gdJztZ8OT2LZrdqm61ye=w640-h364" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div>Draw Me A Pixel studio has revealed the mobile release date of the Sherlock Holmes comedy adventure <i><a href="https://apps.apple.com/us/app/crushed-in-time/id6788326582" target="_blank">Crushed in Time</a></i>. According to the game's page on the App Store, iPhone and iPad owners will be able to start an investigation on October 19, 2026. </div><div><br /></div><div>The game is also announced for Android and Nintendo Switch, but the developers have not yet confirmed whether these versions will be released at the same time as iOS.</div><div><br /></div><div><i>Crushed in Time</i> follows the absurd adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson within the gaming industry. Shortly before the release of their new game, one of the characters mysteriously disappears, so the detectives have to study different stages of development, moving through space and time. The gameplay is based on the "grab, pull and release" mechanic: users interact with elements of the environment and solve puzzles.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://youtu.be/0YJ8U_v-PKc?si=ckM-Task1qFQ6Z_o" target="_blank">The trailer</a> gives us a sense of the zany adventures afoot:</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="301" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/0YJ8U_v-PKc" width="547" youtube-src-id="0YJ8U_v-PKc"></iframe></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div>These are the details from the app store:</div><div><div></div><blockquote><div>Panic at the development studio! </div><div><br /></div><div>Just as the new Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson video game hit the market, one of its characters mysteriously went missing. </div><div><br /></div><div>After their memorable appearance in <i>There Is No Game: Wrong Dimension</i>, the extravagant investigators return in their own adventure.</div><div><br /></div><div>Armed with their iconic ineptitude, they must solve a mystery that transcends the space‑time boundaries of their world — and they won’t succeed without your help.</div><div><br /></div><div>Travel to the heart of the game’s creation and explore its development stages to unravel the threads of this strange case.</div><div><br /></div><div>Welcome to a wildly elastic and infinitely meta experience.</div><div><br /></div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Rediscover Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson, joined by new endearing characters.</li><li>Dialogue recorded by real humans — natural, non‑GMO, additive‑free.</li><li>A completely meta time‑travel story exploring the game’s design stages.</li><li>Humor, surprises… and probably bugs.</li><li>Offbeat point‑and‑click adventure with elastic gameplay.</li><li>Loads of puzzles requiring “up to three neurons.”</li><li>Beautiful 2D graphics — or was it 3D?</li></ul></div></blockquote><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><i>Crushed in Time</i> was released on PC in June 2026 and received 90% positive reviews based on 1276 user reviews. Read more at <a href="https://thereisnogame.fandom.com/wiki/Crushed_In_Time" target="_blank">There Is No Game Wiki</a>.</div><div><br /></div></div><p></p>

Crushed in Time: Mobile Release Announced

“crushed in the press” [ENGR] Draw Me A Pixel studio has revealed the mobile release date of the Sherlock Holmes comedy adventure Crushed ...

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Episode 342: Star Trek, Stagecraft, and Sherlock Holmes

<h4 style="text-align: center;">“His face lit up with a boyish enthusiasm” [HOUN]  </h4><h4 style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg49CslFJoykwqKMy5DOD2t7LEFTnazVSTBnOG6YyH_Hai4VDHLBPQzu0A6YohjTVhUy5c_diWUrobD9O-2eIk1RyMhDCzaU9YZyllPajkBKNGdZG08ycSTxthIB8ClYaTNETsi8fQg9uj2_vQHF2hYLzW_ws9q5A35NIL4_9j7Q-s_aIGMtp7M8TEPpcQa/s760/ihearofsherlock342-header.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="503" data-original-width="760" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg49CslFJoykwqKMy5DOD2t7LEFTnazVSTBnOG6YyH_Hai4VDHLBPQzu0A6YohjTVhUy5c_diWUrobD9O-2eIk1RyMhDCzaU9YZyllPajkBKNGdZG08ycSTxthIB8ClYaTNETsi8fQg9uj2_vQHF2hYLzW_ws9q5A35NIL4_9j7Q-s_aIGMtp7M8TEPpcQa/w640-h424/ihearofsherlock342-header.jpg" width="640" /></a></h4><div><div>What happens when the world of Sherlock Holmes collides with the worlds of Star Trek, Shakespeare, and the stage? T. Rick Jones—author, veteran Actors’ Equity stage manager, former Managing Editor of <i>Daily Star Trek News</i>, and prolific contributor to <i>Sherlock Holmes Magazine</i>—brings a unique perspective to Sherlockiana. </div><div><br /></div><div>We explore what happens when two fandoms meet, comparing the cultures of Star Trek and Sherlockiana, and then turn to the practical question of how the adventures of Sherlock Holmes could be brought effectively to the stage. With his experience in theater production, Rick offers insights into the challenges—and possibilities—of adapting Conan Doyle’s stories for live drama.</div><div><br /></div><div>Our conversation also explores Rick’s writing about Arthur Conan Doyle and spiritualism, and how subjects that may seem distant from modern audiences can still be fascinating and relevant. He discusses his upcoming essay examining the intriguing connections between Shakespeare and Sherlock Holmes, as well as the wide range of interviews and essays he has produced for Sherlock Holmes Magazine. It’s a conversation about Holmes, theater, literature, fandom, and popular culture—and another reminder that there are always new ways to look at the Great Detective.</div><div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Our “<b>Learned Societies</b>” segment kicks off with Sherlockian society activities coming up in the first half of November. Then, it’s a new edition of “<b>Examining the Pictures</b>,” with the film critic, journalist, and author Christian Monggaard, BSI, with his review of the third season of the BBC’s <i>Sherlock </i>series. Finally, the <b>Canonical Couplet</b> quiz will test your Sherlock Holmes knowledge, with a copy of <i>Mystery!: A Celebration</i>. for the winner. Send your answer to comment @ ihearofsherlock.com by September 29, 2026 at 11:59 p.m. EDT. 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Episode 342: Star Trek, Stagecraft, and Sherlock Holmes

“His face lit up with a boyish enthusiasm” [HOUN] What happens when the world of Sherlock Holmes collides with the worlds of Star Trek, Sh...

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by Scott Monty

An Ancestor of Mine

<h4 style="text-align: center;">“as brilliant a record as his famous ancestor” [SILV] </h4><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgOxnA4mKc111xfBmFpBLs1QB7SIZBhCGVrJe1JLa-J4ap0opXKsxTMl-5BZKat3nQexI_adU30iE9AwgHvYjrOwKeHSu-beyB9wDdU8dE_kJd3IJWcKbiogsCcdQ_-DZwL60aoY3GIAF-ItGZLQ-ZWq8S6Gcqad89_KAjmw2SohWEF-CJGs3MhjZ2U_EYv" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="216" data-original-width="500" height="276" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgOxnA4mKc111xfBmFpBLs1QB7SIZBhCGVrJe1JLa-J4ap0opXKsxTMl-5BZKat3nQexI_adU30iE9AwgHvYjrOwKeHSu-beyB9wDdU8dE_kJd3IJWcKbiogsCcdQ_-DZwL60aoY3GIAF-ItGZLQ-ZWq8S6Gcqad89_KAjmw2SohWEF-CJGs3MhjZ2U_EYv=w640-h276" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>In 2022, Bob Stek, BSI (“The Mysterious Scientist”) wrote a pastiche that connected the worlds of Star Trek and Sherlock Holmes. He wasn't alone in this thinking; as the lone Vulcan on the <i>Enterprise</i>, Spock consistently reminded others that he was governed by logic and did not allow emotions to affect his judgment.</p><p>Nicholas Meyer, BSI (<span style="text-align: center;">“A Fine Morocco Case”</span>), author of <i>The Seven Per-Cent Solution</i> and director of <i>Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan</i> and <i>Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country</i>, previously made connections between Holmes and Spock, as the latter referenced "an ancestor of mine" when using the famous impossible/improbable quote. </p><h4 style="text-align: center;"><i>More about Spock, Star Trek, and Meyer below.</i></h4><p><br /></p><p>Meanwhile, Bob Stek's novella, titled <i>An Ancestor of Mine</i>, was <a href="https://archiveofourown.org/works/43526379" target="_blank">originally posted on AO3</a> (Archive of Our Own) and has been downloaded many hundreds of times. The plot is as follows: </p><p>Can Professor Moriarty blackmail Sherlock Holmes? He has evidence that the examination of a cosmic string by <i>Star Trek</i>’s Mr. Spock went horribly awry, and stranded him in Victorian England. In his new home, a surprise onset of Pon Farr leads to an encounter with a Wold Newton descendant — Violet Rutherford, a progressive English adventuress with eclectic interests and friends. Their relationship stretches the Prime Directive to the breaking point and leads to the birth of both Mycroft and Sherlock Holmes. </p><p>It could explain so much. Logic in the blood is liable to take the strangest forms.</p><p><br /></p><p>Bob has kindly agreed to have the volume published on I Hear of Sherlock Everywhere, so we include it here: </p><p><br /></p><div><hr /><p><br /></p>

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<p></p></div><div><br /></div><div><hr /><h3><br /></h3><h3>Related reading:</h3><div>We have four entries related to Star Trek and Leonard Nimoy, for those interested:</div><div><ol><li><a href="https://www.ihearofsherlock.com/2010/07/search-of-glor_3.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Leonard Nimoy Goes In Search of... Sherlock Holmes</a></li><li><a href="https://www.ihearofsherlock.com/2010/08/have-figured-out-your-connections-3gar_27.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Leonard Nimoy's Sherlock Holmes Connections</a></li><li><a href="https://www.ihearofsherlock.com/2015/02/remembering-leonard-nimoy.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Remembering Leonard Nimoy</a></li><li><a href="https://www.ihearofsherlock.com/2015/03/the-earliest-sherlock-holmes-star-trek.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Earliest Sherlock Holmes - Star Trek Crossovers</a></li></ol></div><div><br /><hr /><h3><br /></h3><h3>Related episodes:</h3></div><div>Nicholas Meyer has been a frequent guest on I Hear of Sherlock Everywhere. You can find him featured in the following episodes.</div><div><ol><li><a href="http://ihose.co/ihose85" rel="nofollow" style="background-color: white; color: #013fd3; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Episode 85: Nicholas Meyer</a></li><li><a href="https://ihose.co/ihose178" style="background-color: white; color: #013fd3; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Episode 178: The Adventure of the Peculiar Protocols</a></li><li><a href="https://ihose.co/ihose228" style="background-color: white; color: #013fd3; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Episode 228: The Return of the Pharaoh</a></li><li><a href="https://bit.ly/ihose294" style="background-color: white; color: #013fd3; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Episode 294: Sherlock Holmes and the Telegram From Hell</a><span face="Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #0e0e0e; font-size: 14px;"> </span></li><li><span face="Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #0e0e0e; font-size: 14px;"><a href="https://www.ihearofsherlock.com/2025/08/episode-317-sherlock-holmes-and-real.html" style="color: #013fd3; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Episode 317: Sherlock Holmes and the Real Thing</a></span></li></ol><div><br /></div></div></div>

An Ancestor of Mine

“as brilliant a record as his famous ancestor” [SILV] In 2022, Bob Stek, BSI (“The Mysterious Scientist”) wrote a pastiche that connected t...

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Baker Street Elementary – Say Cheese

<h4 style="text-align: center;">“filled with photographs” [CHAS]<span> </span></h4><h4 style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIXEXyQPYE1LJ4tsFY9O2esQEvMUjw2lfqn0LCPpFj0jVWjkirlqi7ui6Udb9lU2cKmx_V4u2N2s56CJ8XRNSeL4Bn0h_hWZ8hwZuSwe8IQCqK01YOS64bIuG8XflDwvgXSIFm5rVXHCqldNPUzmv4azLoSzS5G7k4S0kX75esmTycZwsH5KvNnF7EIV_g/s1365/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20235.1.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1365" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIXEXyQPYE1LJ4tsFY9O2esQEvMUjw2lfqn0LCPpFj0jVWjkirlqi7ui6Udb9lU2cKmx_V4u2N2s56CJ8XRNSeL4Bn0h_hWZ8hwZuSwe8IQCqK01YOS64bIuG8XflDwvgXSIFm5rVXHCqldNPUzmv4azLoSzS5G7k4S0kX75esmTycZwsH5KvNnF7EIV_g/w640-h360/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20235.1.JPG" width="640" /></a></h4><div>Quick — name two canonical villains who claimed photography was a hobby of theirs.</div><div><br /></div><div>We'll hazard a guess that one came to you quite easily, but you may have had to struggle to think of the other.</div><div><br /></div><div>If you answered Vincent Spaulding, who kept darting into the basement of Jabez Wilson's pawnshop to develop his photos (why didn't Wilson ever ask to see those photos?) in "The Red-Headed League," you were correct.</div><div><br /></div><div>And if you also answered Jephro Rucastle, who in "The Copper Beeches," told Violent Hunter that the locked turret contained his dark room, you were also right.</div><div><br /></div><div>Two villains. One handy excuse to cover up activity they wanted well hidden.</div><div><br /></div><div>Photography was handy to Sherlock Holmes as well. In "The Second Stain," the identity of Eduardo Lucas and M. Henri Fournaye were determined to be one and the same through "a comparison of photographs."</div><div><br /></div><div>It was in this same story too that Watson discovered that Lady Hilda Trelawney Hope was much more impressive than her photographs:</div><div><blockquote><div>“I had often heard of the beauty of the youngest daughter of the Duke of Belminster, but no description of it, and no contemplation of colourless photographs, had prepared me for the subtle, delicate charm and the beautiful colouring of that exquisite head.”</div></blockquote></div><div>Let's not forget that it was Baron Gruner's "beastly book" that contained photographic evidence against him:</div><div><blockquote><div>“He had it all in that book. Snapshot photographs, names, details, everything about them.”</div></blockquote></div><div>For Sherlock Holmes, photography was much more useful than as a hobby. 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Baker Street Elementary – Say Cheese

“filled with photographs” [CHAS] Quick — name two canonical villains who claimed photography was a hobby of theirs. We'll hazard a gue...

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by Scott Monty

June Wyndham Davies, Producer of Granada Sherlock Holmes Series, Aged 97

<h4 style="text-align: center;"> “a certain gracious lady” [BRUC]</h4><p></p><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg1dAAmgcDoUVJkd-GE03FgaajObPv3yaP2AhBtSYMGFiu7BzjypEmDPd-ZYxvJNFe_Eds7oFK-B8NNpvSmB-op3Ge_dSzV8663M0KXviEdQo6LkkMKkJFts8A6IfZaEA6Cr4C8JXIOvbJVA8ohhC0pHc1DNCZJtVLC2io1ZRqm6zIfqchHBS_Ato0OcuGz"><img alt="" data-original-height="1451" data-original-width="2048" height="454" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg1dAAmgcDoUVJkd-GE03FgaajObPv3yaP2AhBtSYMGFiu7BzjypEmDPd-ZYxvJNFe_Eds7oFK-B8NNpvSmB-op3Ge_dSzV8663M0KXviEdQo6LkkMKkJFts8A6IfZaEA6Cr4C8JXIOvbJVA8ohhC0pHc1DNCZJtVLC2io1ZRqm6zIfqchHBS_Ato0OcuGz=w640-h454" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br /><p></p><p>News reached Sherlockians today that <a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0943921/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_1_nm_7_in_0_q_june%20wyndham" target="_blank">June Wyndham Davies</a>, the Granada Television producer who was a key part of the acclaimed Sherlock Holmes series, passed away on September 9 in Spain.</p><p>Fittingly, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/SherlockPod/posts/june-wyndham-davies-1929-2026we-are-deeply-saddened-to-share-news-of-the-passing/1448175404037831/" target="_blank">word came</a> from our friends at <i><a href="https://pod.link/ihearofsherlock/episode/MWEzMDJkNmYtZTIzYi00YWNiLWJmNmUtMWZhNjM1ZjJiOTcx" target="_blank">The Jeremy Brett Sherlock Holmes Podcast</a></i>, whose producers have become close to many of the cast and crew of the series. They wrote:</p><blockquote><p> “We are deeply saddened to share news of the passing of our friend, June Wyndham Davies. Her transition was peaceful and she was with loved ones."</p></blockquote><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><h2 style="text-align: left;">An Eye for Holmes</h2><h4 style="text-align: left;">“Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself; but talent instantly recognizes genius.” [VALL]</h4><p>Born on June 27th in Cardiff, Wales to Mervyn and Despina Wyndham Davies, June trained at RADA and began her career as an actress before moving behind the camera. She joined the BBC as a director in 1965, working across single-play strands including <i>30 Minute Theate</i>r and <i>Sunday Afternoon Theatre</i>, then went freelance in 1969, directing for the BBC, Anglia, and Yorkshire television as well as Granada — work that included the Emmy-nominated <i>Heidi </i>(1974) and long stretches on <i>Coronation Street</i> and <i>Crown Court</i>.</p><p><br /></p><p>From 1976 she worked almost exclusively for Granada, producing dark and supernatural drama <i>Shades of Darkness</i> among it — and the Victorian-set <i>Cribb</i> series. It was against that backdrop that <a href="http://www.dunwich.org/tv/sherlock/junewynd.html" target="_blank">she made the recommendation</a> for which Sherlockians can be the most grateful: she suggested Jeremy Brett for the title role in <i>The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes</i>. By her own account, she was not even particularly fond of Sherlock Holmes. She simply knew talent when she saw it — which, as Holmes himself might have observed, is a rarer gift than it sounds.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><h2 style="text-align: left;">Guiding the Canon to the Screen</h2><h4 style="text-align: left;">“A friendly native will surely guide us.” [CREE]</h4><p>Wyndham Davies went on to produce <i><a href="https://amzn.to/4A8vjxV" target="_blank">The Return of Sherlock Holmes</a></i>, taking over day-to-day running of the series when Michael Cox stepped back to his executive producing duties. When Cox resumed direct control for <i><a href="https://amzn.to/4yqUVo0" target="_blank">The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes</a></i> (1991), she returned to lead the two-hour feature films that followed — among them <b><i>The Master Blackmailer</i></b> (1992) — working with screenwriter Jeremy Paul to stretch thinner source material to feature length.</p><p><br /></p><p>Her fiercest fight came with <i><a href="https://amzn.to/4yx9kz3" target="_blank">The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes</a></i> (1994). Having initially been denied airtime, she fought for and won six one-hour episodes — then had to steer the production through Jeremy Brett's advancing illness, a circumstance that led to the decision in one episode to give Holmes this part to his brother Mycroft, rather than abandon the story. It was producing under the most difficult of circumstances, in service of a series she had helped propel.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><h2 style="text-align: left;">A Career Beyond Baker Street</h2><h4 style="text-align: left;">“Art in the blood is liable to take the strangest forms.” [GREE]</h4><p>Holmes was only ever part of her output. In 1997 she won a BAFTA Cymru for Best Drama for <i>August</i>, a Welsh-set adaptation of <i>Uncle Vanya</i>, directed by its star Anthony Hopkins. She had previously received the Chicago International Film Festival's Silver Plaque for <i>The Lady's Maid's Bell</i> (1985). Along the way, she gave early opportunities to actors including Michael Caine, Hugh Grant, and Rhys Ifans — a reminder that her eye for talent was no one time accident of casting Brett, but a career-long habit.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Granada series she helped shepherd to screen remains, for many, a fixed point in a changing age against which every subsequent Sherlock Holmes is measured. That debt is owed in no small part to a producer who knew a good thing the moment she saw it, and who spent the rest of her career proving it wasn't a fluke.</p><p><br /></p><p>You can listen to an in-depth conversation with June Wyndham Davies, conducted by <i><a href="http://sherlockpodcast.com/" target="_blank">The Jeremy Brett Sherlock Holmes Podcast</a></i>: </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="416" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/yqiF69XzBOg" width="501" youtube-src-id="yqiF69XzBOg"></iframe></div><div><br /></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p><br /></p>