Michael Hayes
Directing · Born Apr 3, 1929 · Died Sep 16, 2014 (85) · 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.
Known for
Directed
Nice
19847.4
Tales from the Thousand and One Nights
1981
Doctor Who: City of Death
19799.0
Prince Regent
19796.3
Doctor Who: The Armageddon Factor
19795.5
Merry Christmas Doctor Who
197810.0
Doctor Who: The Androids of Tara
19787.2
All Creatures Great and Small
19787.8
When the Boat Comes In
19767.7
Oil Strike North
19757.5
Churchill's People
19745.0
Rooms
19747.0
The Mikado
19739.0
The Sextet
197210.0
Mill Hill
19724.0
The Onedin Line
19717.0
Play for Today
19706.6
Rest in Peace, Uncle Fred
197010.0
A Flea in Her Ear
19686.5
Charlie
1968
Infidelity Took Place
1968
Boy Meets Girl
1967
Thirteen Against Fate
196610.0
The Executioner
1966
Softly, Softly
19667.5
Thirty-Minute Theatre
19654.2
The Troubleshooters
19657.3
The Wars of the Roses
19658.7
The Wars of the Roses
19659.0
The Wednesday Play
19645.2
Sherlock Holmes
19646.9
Theatre 625
19647.2
Detective
19649.0
Doctor Who
19637.9
Z-Cars
19627.3
A for Andromeda
19615.5
Maigret
19607.1
An Age of Kings
19605.2
