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 38
1980s
- 1984
Nice
Director
- 1981
Tales from the Thousand and One Nights
Director
1970s
- 1979
Doctor Who: City of Death
Director
Prince Regent
Director
Doctor Who: The Armageddon Factor
Director
- 1978
Merry Christmas Doctor Who
Director
Doctor Who: The Androids of Tara
Director
- 1976
- 1975
Oil Strike North
Director
- 1974
- 1973
The Mikado
Director
- 1972
The Sextet
Director
Mill Hill
Director
- 1971
- 1970
Rest in Peace, Uncle Fred
Director
1960s
- 1968
A Flea in Her Ear
Director
Charlie
Director
Infidelity Took Place
Director
- 1967
Boy Meets Girl
Director
- 1966
Thirteen Against Fate
Director
The Executioner
Director
- 1965
The Wars of the Roses
Director
The Wars of the Roses
Director
- 1964
- 1963
- 1962
- 1961
A for Andromeda
Director
- 1960
Acted in 5
2000s
- 2007
A Matter of Time
Movie
The Humans of Tara
Movie
Defining Shadows
Movie
Directing Who: Michael Hayes
Movie
- 2005
Paris in the Springtime
Movie
Produced 2
1970s
- 1973
The Table
Producer
1960s
- 1961
A for Andromeda
Producer
Wrote 2
1970s
- 1973
The Table
Screenplay
1960s
- 1965