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Director
Michael Hayes
- Born April 3, 1929 in Barking, Essex, UK
- Died September 16, 2014
Michael Hayes (3 April 1929 – 16 September 2014) was a British television director and newsreader. As a young man, Hayes was an actor with the Royal Shakespeare Company. Later, he worked for the BBC in various roles, beginning as a studio manager for the World Service and working his way up to directing for television.
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His most notable work was directing the hugely successful BBC drama adaptations of various Shakespeare plays, collectively entitled An Age of Kings, in 1960. Amongst Hayes's other credits, he directed three Doctor Who serials starring Tom Baker, including 1979's City of Death and also helmed the BBC's 1961 adaptation of A for Andromeda.
Known for
Doctor Who1963
All Creatures Great and Small1978
Sherlock Holmes1964
Maigret1960
Play for Today1970
Doctor Who: City of Death1979
Thirty-Minute Theatre1965
Z-Cars1962
Filmography
- 2007A Matter of TimeFilm
- 2007The Humans of TaraFilm
- 2007Defining ShadowsFilm
- 2007Directing Who: Michael HayesFilm
- 2005Paris in the SpringtimeFilm
- 1984NiceFilmDirector
- 1983SkorpionSeriesDirector
- 1981Tales from the Thousand and One NightsFilmDirector
- 1980A Christmas CarolFilmDirector
- 1979Doctor Who: City of DeathFilmDirector
- 1979Doctor Who: The Armageddon FactorFilmDirector
- 1979Prince RegentSeriesDirector
- 1978All Creatures Great and SmallSeriesDirector
- 1978Doctor Who: The Androids of TaraFilmDirector
- 1978Merry Christmas Doctor WhoFilmDirector
- 1978The StandardSeriesDirector
- 1976When the Boat Comes InSeriesDirector
- 1975Oil Strike NorthSeriesDirector
- 1974RoomsSeriesDirector
- 1974Churchill's PeopleSeriesDirector
- 1973The MikadoFilmDirector
- 1973The TableFilmScreenplay, Producer
- 1972Mill HillFilmDirector
- 1972The SextetSeriesDirector
- 1971The Onedin LineSeriesDirector
- 1971BarlowSeriesDirector
- 1970Play for TodaySeriesDirector
- 1970Rest in Peace, Uncle FredFilmDirector
- 1969The PromiseFilmDirector
- 1969Take Three GirlsSeriesProducer, Director
- 1969ReviewSeriesDirector
- 1968A Flea in Her EarFilmDirector
- 1968Infidelity Took PlaceFilmDirector
- 1968CharlieFilmDirector
- 1968The Jazz AgeSeriesDirector
- 1967Boy Meets GirlSeriesDirector
- 1966Softly, SoftlySeriesDirector
- 1966Thirteen Against FateSeriesDirector
- 1966The SpiesSeriesDirector
- 1966The ExecutionerFilmDirector
- 1965Thirty-Minute TheatreSeriesDirector, Writer
- 1965The Wars of the RosesFilmDirector
- 1965The TroubleshootersSeriesDirector
- 1965The Wars of the RosesSeriesDirector
- 1964Sherlock HolmesSeriesDirector
- 1964Theatre 625SeriesDirector
- 1964The Wednesday PlaySeriesDirector
- 1964DetectiveSeriesDirector
- 1964CluffSeriesDirector
- 1963Doctor WhoSeriesDirector
- 1963MoonstrikeSeriesDirector
- 1963FestivalSeriesDirector
- 1963First NightSeriesDirector
- 1962Z-CarsSeriesDirector
- 1961A for AndromedaSeriesProducer, Director
- 1960MaigretSeriesDirector
- 1960An Age of KingsSeriesDirector
- 1960Sunday-Night PlaySeriesDirector