Hannay is 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.
In the series, Powell reprised the role of Hannay, an Edwardian era mining engineer from Rhodesia of Scottish origin. It features his adventures in pre-World War I 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. Though a mixture of studio and location filming, the entire production (with the exception of the opening and closing title footage) was shot on videotape rather than the more expensive (yet typical) practice of shooting TV drama location exteriors on 16mm film. This maintained a more consistent atmosphere and look to the episodes.
Episodes were written by Michael Robson, Dornford Yates (original story adapted for the series), Robin Miller, Gavin Richards, Richard Carpenter and Paul Wheeler.
The directors were David Giles, Guy Slater, Jeremy Summers, Robert Reed, Ken Hannam and Henry Herbert
The only actor to appear in all episodes was Robert Powell.
Hannay was released in a four-disc Region 2 DVD set by Delta Visual Entertainment in February 2006.
Hannay was later released in a four-disc Region 2 DVD set by Network in September 2016.