Hannay (TV series)

Infobox Television
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show_name = Hannay
format = Drama
runtime = 42 min.
creator = Ken Hannam
starring = Robert Powell
country = UK
title=Hannay
network = Thames TV
first_aired = January 6, 1988
last_aired = March 1, 1989
num_episodes = 13
imdb_id = 0094474
tv_com_id = 11788

"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 South Africa of Scottish origin. It features his adventures in pre-World War One 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.

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.Fact|date=August 2008

Another episode used a plot device from the Leslie Charteris "Saint" story "The Unblemished Bootlegger", from the 1933 book "The Brighter Buccaneer", again uncredited.Fact|date=August 2008

External links

* [http://www.tv.com/hannay/show/11788/summary.html?q=hannay&tag=search_results;title;0 "Hannay"] at tv.com
* [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0094474/ "Hannay"] at the Internet Movie Database