Hannay

Hannay

1988 · 2 seasons · 13 eps · ★ 6.5 · Action & Adventure, Mystery, Drama

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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.

Created by Michael Robson

Network: ITV1

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