Michael Hayes
Known for: Directing
Born: April 3, 1929
Died: September 16, 2014
Place of birth: 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, 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.
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Filmography
22 movies · 36 TV shows, newest first
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A Matter of Time
2007
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The Humans of Tara
2007
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Defining Shadows
2007
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Directing Who: Michael Hayes
2007
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Paris in the Springtime
2005
7.4
Nice
19847.3
Skorpion
1983
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Tales from the Thousand and One Nights
1981NR
A Christmas Carol
1980
9.0
Doctor Who: City of Death
1979
6.3
Prince Regent
1979
5.5
Doctor Who: The Armageddon Factor
1979
10.0
Merry Christmas Doctor Who
1978
7.2
Doctor Who: The Androids of Tara
19789.0
The Standard
1978
7.8
All Creatures Great and Small
1978
7.7
When the Boat Comes In
1976
7.5
Oil Strike North
1975
5.0
Churchill's People
1974
7.0
Rooms
1974
9.0
The Mikado
1973
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The Table
1973
10.0
The Sextet
1972
4.0
Mill Hill
1972
7.0
The Onedin Line
19717.3
Barlow
1971
6.6
Play for Today
1970
10.0
Rest in Peace, Uncle Fred
19709.0
The Promise
196910.0
Take Three Girls
1969NR
Review
1969
6.5
A Flea in Her Ear
1968NR
Charlie
1968NR
The Jazz Age
1968NR
Infidelity Took Place
1968
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Boy Meets Girl
1967
10.0
Thirteen Against Fate
1966NR
The Executioner
1966
7.5
Softly, Softly
196610.0
The Spies
1966
4.3
Thirty-Minute Theatre
1965
7.3
The Troubleshooters
1965
8.7
The Wars of the Roses
1965
9.0
The Wars of the Roses
1965
5.2
The Wednesday Play
1964
6.9
Sherlock Holmes
1964
7.2
Theatre 625
1964NR
Cluff
1964
9.0
Detective
1964
7.9
Doctor Who
19638.0
Festival
1963NR
First Night
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Moonstrike
1963
7.3
Z-Cars
1962
5.5
A for Andromeda
1961
7.1
Maigret
1960NR
Sunday-Night Play
1960
5.3
An Age of Kings
1960