Bill Hays (15 March 1938 – 2 March 2006) 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.[1]
Bill Hays | |
|---|---|
| Born | Bill Hays 15 March 1938 wingate Co Durham |
| Died | 2 March 2006 (aged 67) |
| Occupation | actor |
| Spouse | Catherine Schell (1982-2006; his death) |
Hays also directed the second and third series of the LWT secret agent drama Wish Me Luck broadcast in 1989 and 1990. After he retired from directing, he ran a guesthouse, Chambre d'Hôtes Valentin, in central France, with his actress wife Catherine Schell. His health declined over the last few years of his life until his death in March 2006.
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- ^ "The Wednesday Play: Close the Coalhouse Door, lostshows.com
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