Hannay (1988)
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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