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Bill Hays

British television director · United Kingdom · On the map · Directors · Lived 1938 to 2006 · aged 67

Bill Hays was a British television director who is best remembered for the award-winning Orde Wingate and Rock Follies, a BBC adaptation of the Ivan Turgenev play A Month in the Country (1985), The Tale of Beatrix Potter (1982), a biographical drama with Penelope Wilton in the lead, and the television version of the...

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2006Died6 March 20061995Tales of Mystery and ImaginationSeries, Director1987The Ruth Rendell MysteriesSeries, DirectorQuartermaine's TermsFilm, 1987Director1986BoonSeries, DirectorDeath Is Part of the ProcessFilm, 1986Director1985A Month in the CountryFilm, Director1984The BillSeries, DirectorLong Live the BabeFilm, 1984Director1983The Tale of Beatrix PotterFilm, Director1982Out of StepFilm, Director1981A Turn for the WorseFilm, Director1976Rock FolliesSeries, DirectorJumboFilm, 1976Director1974Fall of EaglesSeries, DirectorIf There Weren't Any Blacks You'd Have to Invent ThemFilm, 1974Director1973Centre PlaySeries, DirectorLady KillerFilm, 1973DirectorTrouble in TahitiFilm, 1973Director1972Just in Time for ChristmasFilm, Director1970The Gingham DogFilm, Director1969Codename: PortcullisFilm, Director, Writer1966Softly, SoftlySeries, Director1965BBC Play of the MonthSeries, Director1962Dr. Finlay's CasebookSeries, Director1938Born15 March 1938

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Bill Hays was a British television director who is best remembered for the award-winning Orde Wingate and Rock Follies, a BBC adaptation of the Ivan Turgenev play A Month in the Country (1985), The Tale of Beatrix Potter (1982), a biographical drama with Penelope Wilton in the lead, and the television version of the Alex Glasgow/Alan Plater musical play Close the Coalhouse Door (1969), a late entry in The Wednesday Play series now lost.

Country
United Kingdom
Category
Directors
Type
Movie Director
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1938 to 2006 · aged 67