Michael Hayes

Biography

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.

Directed

1. Doctor Who (1963) — Director
2. All Creatures Great and Small (1978) — Director
3. Sherlock Holmes (1964) — Director
4. Maigret (1960) — Director
5. Play for Today (1970) — Director
6. Doctor Who: City of Death (1979) — Director
7. Thirty-Minute Theatre (1965) — Director
8. Z-Cars (1962) — Director
9. The Onedin Line (1971) — Director
10. Doctor Who: The Androids of Tara (1978) — Director
11. A Flea in Her Ear (1968) — Director
12. Theatre 625 (1964) — Director
13. The Wednesday Play (1964) — Director
14. Doctor Who: The Armageddon Factor (1979) — Director
15. Nice (1984) — Director
16. An Age of Kings (1960) — Director
17. A for Andromeda (1961) — Director
18. The Wars of the Roses (1965) — Director
19. Barlow (1971) — Director
20. Skorpion (1983) — Director
21. Prince Regent (1979) — Director
22. When the Boat Comes In (1976) — Director
23. The Troubleshooters (1965) — Director
24. Rooms (1974) — Director
25. Mill Hill (1972) — Director
26. Softly, Softly (1966) — Director
27. Oil Strike North (1975) — Director
28. Churchill's People (1974) — Director
29. The Promise (1969) — Director
30. Rest in Peace, Uncle Fred (1970) — Director
31. The Mikado (1973) — Director
32. Merry Christmas Doctor Who (1978) — Director
33. Detective (1964) — Director
34. Thirteen Against Fate (1966) — Director
35. The Spies (1966) — Director
36. The Sextet (1972) — Director
37. The Wars of the Roses (1965) — Director
38. Moonstrike (1963) — Director
39. Festival (1963) — Director
40. Take Three Girls (1969) — Director

Also appeared in

1. A Matter of Time (2007)
2. The Humans of Tara (2007)
3. Defining Shadows (2007)
4. Paris in the Springtime (2005)
5. Directing Who: Michael Hayes (2007)