Hannay (1988)
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Hannay (1988)
Plot.
Hannay was a 1988 spin-off from the 1978 film version of John Buchan's novel The Thirty-Nine Steps which had starred Robert Powell as Richard Hannay.
In the series, Powell reprised the role of Hannay, an Edwardian mining engineer from Rhodesia of Scottish origin. It features his adventures in pre-World War I Great Britain. These stories had little in common with John Buchan's novels about the character, although some character names are taken from his other novels.
There were two series, the first with six episodes, the second with seven. The combined 13 episodes ran for a total of 652 minutes.
One episode, A Point of Honour, was based on a story of the same name by Dornford Yates that appeared in his 1914 book The Brother of Daphne, although Yates was not credited.
Another episode used a plot device from the Leslie Charteris Saint story The Unblemished Bootlegger, from the 1933 book The Brighter Buccaneer, again uncredited.
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Cast & Crew.
Robert Powell
Richard Hannay
Christopher Scoular
Reggie Armitage
Diane Bull
Sal Alford
T.R. Bowen
Foreign Secretary
William Davies
Music Hall Pianist
John Hughes
Butler
Michael Robson
Writer
Henry Herbert
Director
Jeremy Summers
Director
David Giles
Director
Richard Carpenter
Writer
Charles Gray
Michael Sheard
Tony O'Callaghan
John Ringham
Denis Lill
Leonie Mellinger
David Waller
Robert Brown
Peter Sproule
Andrew Woodall
Martin Clunes
Cathryn Harrison
Neville Phillips
Jill Meager
Gavin Richards
William McBain
Gracie Cole
Gary Watson
Richard Cubison
Hilton McRae
Vincenzo Nicoli
Peter Corey
Edward de Souza
Charles Collingwood
Tom Watson
Angus Lennie
Jim Dunk
Serena Gordon
Felix Bowness
George Mikell
Tim Barlow
Iain Cuthbertson
Rupert Bates
Nicola Stapleton
Bernard Kay
Anthony Valentine
Kevin Stoney
Leslie Schofield
Gary Bond
Joyce Grant
Phyllis Logan
Geraldine Alexander
Dermot Crowley
Joan Blackham
Michael Culver
Oliver Ford Davies
Henri Szeps
Richenda Carey
Richard O'Callaghan
John Bardon
Marc Zuber
Denys Hawthorne
Stuart Fell
Details.
Release DateJanuary 6, 1988
StatusEnded
Seasons2
Episodes13
Running Time42m
Genres
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Hannay was a 1988 ITV television series, a prequel spin-off from the 1978 film version of John Buchan's 1915 novel The Thirty-Nine Steps. The film and series starred Robert Powell as Richard Hannay in the post Second Boer War years.
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