Television Producer
10 July 1932 to 28 September 2021
A British producer, who won three BAFTAs for her work on long-running legal drama Rumpole of the Bailey (1978-1992) in 1980, 1984 and 1989 respectively, sharing the last one with Rumpole creator and long-time collaborator John Mortimer. She added a fourth BAFTA in 1987 for Paradise Postponed (1986), shared with Alvin Rakoff. Previously, she had produced more than 100 episodes of day-time dramas Harriet’s Back in Town (1972-1973) and Rooms (1974-1977). Davis and Mortimer set up their own production company in 1989, New Penny Productions, through which they made Titmuss Regained (1991) and Under the Hammer (1994). She retired in 1995.
Read Jacqueline Davis' Guardian obituary
Read Jacqueline Davis' Times obituary
