About this season
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.
Episodes (6)
1. The Fellowship of the Black Stone
6.0Aired 6 January 1988 • 47 min
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!
2. A Point of Honour
6.0Aired 13 January 1988 • 47 min
A chance encounter with Lady Madrigal Fitzjames on a train leads Hannay into a strange weekend of mistaken identity and danger.
3. Voyage Into Fear
6.0Aired 20 January 1988 • 47 min
The governments of Great Britain and Imperial Germany race to arm themselves with modern battleships, but von Schwabing has a plan to ensure that his country is victorious.
4. Death with Due Notice
6.0Aired 27 January 1988 • 47 min
A quiet break in the country turns into a weekend of murder when Hannay and old friend Reggie Armitage discover they're targets for a demented killer.
5. Act of Riot
6.0Aired 3 February 1988 • 47 min
Hannay returns to Scotland to visit the village where he was born, but his arrival quickly brings him into dangerous conflict with the local inhabitants.
6. The Hazard of the Die
5.0Aired 10 February 1988 • 47 min
When Hannay saves the life of a desperate young woman, he little realises how quickly this act of bravery will bring him face-to-face with von Schwabing.