Michael Hayes

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Michael Hayes

Directing April 3, 1929

Barking, Essex, UK

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, h…

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Doctor Who

Doctor Who

7.9 1963 TV Show
Play for Today

Play for Today

6.6 1970 TV Show
Theatre 625

Theatre 625

7.2 1964 TV Show
The Wednesday Play

The Wednesday Play

5.2 1964 TV Show
Z-Cars

Z-Cars

7.3 1962 TV Show
All Creatures Great and Small

All Creatures Great and Small

7.8 1978 TV Show
Thirty-Minute Theatre

Thirty-Minute Theatre

4.3 1965 TV Show
Maigret

Maigret

7.1 1960 TV Show
The Troubleshooters

The Troubleshooters

7.3 1965 TV Show
Softly, Softly

Softly, Softly

7.5 1966 TV Show
Churchill's People

Churchill's People

5.0 1974 TV Show
The Onedin Line

The Onedin Line

7.0 1971 TV Show

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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. 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.

Filmography

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2007
    A Matter of Time

    Movie

  2. 2007
    Directing Who: Michael Hayes

    Movie

  3. 2007
    Defining Shadows

    Movie

  4. 2007
    The Humans of Tara

    Movie

  5. 2005
    Paris in the Springtime

    Movie

  6. 1984
    Nice

    Movie Director

  7. 1983
    Skorpion

    TV show Director

  8. 1981
    Tales from the Thousand and One Nights

    Movie Director

  9. 1980
    A Christmas Carol

    Movie Director

  10. 1979
    Doctor Who: City of Death

    Movie Director

  11. 1979
    Prince Regent

    TV show Director

  12. 1979
    Doctor Who: The Armageddon Factor

    Movie Director

  13. 1978
    Merry Christmas Doctor Who

    Movie Director

  14. 1978
    Doctor Who: The Androids of Tara

    Movie Director

  15. 1978
    The Standard

    TV show Director

  16. 1978
    All Creatures Great and Small

    TV show Director

More credits
  1. 1976
    When the Boat Comes In

    TV show Director

  2. 1975
    Oil Strike North

    TV show Director

  3. 1974
    Churchill's People

    TV show Director

  4. 1974
    Rooms

    TV show Director

  5. 1973
    The Mikado

    Movie Director

  6. 1973
    The Table

    Movie Screenplay

  7. 1972
    The Sextet

    TV show Director

  8. 1972
    Mill Hill

    Movie Director

  9. 1971
    The Onedin Line

    TV show Director

  10. 1971
    Barlow

    TV show Director

  11. 1970
    Play for Today

    TV show Director

  12. 1970
    Rest in Peace, Uncle Fred

    Movie Director

  13. 1969
    The Promise

    Movie Director

  14. 1969
    Take Three Girls

    TV show Producer

  15. 1969
    Review

    TV show Director

  16. 1968
    A Flea in Her Ear

    Movie Director

  17. 1968
    Charlie

    Movie Director

  18. 1968
    The Jazz Age

    TV show Director

  19. 1968
    Infidelity Took Place

    Movie Director

  20. 1967
    Boy Meets Girl

    TV show Director

  21. 1966
    Thirteen Against Fate

    TV show Director

  22. 1966
    The Executioner

    Movie Director

  23. 1966
    Softly, Softly

    TV show Director

  24. 1966
    The Spies

    TV show Director