Michael Hayes

Michael Hayes

Directing
Born 1929-04-03 Barking, Essex, UK 8 credit(s) Popularity 0.3
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 Shakes...
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Biography

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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.

Known For

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All Creatures Great and Small poster
All Creatures Great and Small
as Director
1978-01-08
Softly, Softly poster
Softly, Softly
as Director
1966-01-05
Thirty-Minute Theatre poster
Thirty-Minute Theatre
as Director, Writer
1965-10-07
The Troubleshooters poster
The Troubleshooters
as Director
1965-07-07
The Wednesday Play poster
The Wednesday Play
as Director
1964-09-30
Theatre 625 poster
Theatre 625
as Director
1964-05-03
Doctor Who poster
Doctor Who
as Director
1963-11-23
Z-Cars poster
Z-Cars
as Director
1962-01-02

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