Name: Hannay
Genre: Action & Adventure, Mystery, Drama
Released: 1988-01-06
Rating: 3.0

Overview

Hannay is a 1988 spin-off prequel series to the 1978 film adaptation of John Buchan's novel The Thirty-Nine Steps which stars Robert Powell as Richard Hannay, a role which he reprises in the series, 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 Buchan's novels about the character, although some names are taken from his other novels.

Seasons

Series 1

6 Episodes

1988

E01

The Fellowship of the Black Stone

1/6/1988·47m

After nearly thirty years in southern Africa, Richard Hannay has achieved recognition as an officer in military intelligence, a mining engineer, and a successful prospector. Now he returns to Britain seeking a bride, a home and a quiet life. But Europe is a cauldron of political intrigue and, amongst the old Empires, a new power is rapidly making its way—a power that resents Britain's mastery of the waves: Imperial Germany. Represented in London by the cunning and ruthless Count Von Schwabing, Germany is intent on causing trouble however and wherever she can—and Hannay attracts trouble as a magnet attracts iron filings!

Series 2

7 Episodes

1989

E01

Coup de Grace

1/31/1989·47m

When Hannay meets the beautiful Sybil Verney at a race meeting, he cannot foresee the web of lies and tragedy in which he will quickly become ensnared.

E02

The Terrors of the Earth

2/7/1989·47m

As tension mounts in Europe, the British government prepares antidotes to possible germ warfare, and Hannay finds himself at the centre of a demonic plot to steal them.

E03

Double Jeopardy

2/14/1989·47m

When Hannay is entrusted with the safekeeping of a dozen diamonds, he underestimates the danger and distress they will bring.

E04

The Good Samaritan

2/21/1989·47m

The pleasures of travelling on the Trans-European Express from Venice are relished by celebrities, diplomats and vacationers alike, but for Hannay, the journey proves to be a nightmare.

E05

That Rough Music

2/28/1989·47m

On the death of his friend, Pelham Swinburne, Hannay inherits a walking-stick, field glasses and the lighthouse on a Fenland marsh .... but what is he to make of them all?

E06