Michael Hayes (3 April 1929 – 16 September 2014) was a British television director and newsreader. He was born in

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in Essex. As a young man, Hayes was an actor with the

Royal Shakespeare Company The Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) is a major British theatre company, based in Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England. The company employs over 1,000 staff and opens around 20 productions a year. The RSC plays regularly in London, Stratf ...

. Later he worked for the

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in various roles, beginning as a studio manager for the World Service, and working his way up to directing for television. Perhaps his most notable work was directing the hugely successful

BBC drama BBC television dramas have been produced and broadcast since even before the public service company had an officially established television broadcasting network in the United Kingdom. As with any major broadcast network, drama forms an importa ...

adaptations of various Shakespeare plays, collectively entitled ''

An Age of Kings ''An Age of Kings'' is a fifteen-part serial adaptation of the eight sequential history plays of William Shakespeare (''Richard II'', '' 1 Henry IV'', '' 2 Henry IV'', ''Henry V'', '' 1 Henry VI'', '' 2 Henry VI'', '' 3 Henry VI'' and ''Richar ...

'', in 1960. Like many TV drama professionals, after retirement he became better remembered for his work in television science fiction. Amongst Hayes's many other credits, he directed three ''

Doctor Who ''Doctor Who'' is a British science fiction television series broadcast by the BBC since 1963. The series, created by Sydney Newman, C. E. Webber and Donald Wilson (writer and producer), Donald Wilson, depicts the adventures of an extraterre ...

'' serials starring

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, including 1979's ''

City of Death ''City of Death'' is the second serial of the seventeenth season of the British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who'', which depicts the adventures of a time-travelling humanoid alien known as the Doctor. It was produced by the BBC ...

'', widely considered by fans to be one of the series' best stories. He also helmed the BBC's 1961 adaptation of ''

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''. From 1986 to 1994 he was a newsreader for the World Service. He died in September 2014, at the age of 85.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hayes, Michael 1929 births 2014 deaths British television directors People from Barking, London Shakespearean directors