Hannay was 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. [1] [2] Contents The year is 1912. Richard Hannay, a thirty year old Mining Engineer is on his way from South Africa to England on the steamship 'Union Castle'. Whilst on board ship he encounters Lord Haslemere and his beautiful daughter, Lady Anne, and is invited to Lady Anne's coming-of-age party in London. 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 is returning to Britain to seek 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. Leave It to Todhunter 1 9 5 8 (UK) 6 x 30 minute episodes Lawrence Todhunter (Mervyn Johns) discusses a hypothetical conundrum over dinner with…

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. When his goddaughter is jilted on her wedding day, Hannay finds himself searching for not just a missing bridegroom but also a shipment of gold. Wilderness Road 1 9 8 6 (UK) 6 x 30 minute episodes This short-lived and best-forgotten BBC comedy followed Cage (David Sibley) and… The series is definitely not Buchan. It's more like a series one would base on the works of E. Phillips Oppenheim or J. Jefferson Farjeon (and it's high time someone did). Still, anyone who delights in that sort of literature will enjoy the series. If all this happened to Hannay, he would hardly be "the best bored man in the United Kingdom." Think of these as the adventures of a cousin Buchan's Hannay doesn't know. In the 2000s, BBC Radio 4 adapted four of the Hannay books, each starring David Robb: The Thirty-Nine Steps (2001), [4] Greenmantle (2005), [5] Mr Standfast (2008) [6] and The Three Hostages (2009). [7]When Joe Morris arrives at Alford's Music Hall with Charlie Peterson's gang he is confronted by Richard Hannay's gang, 'The Centurions', who throw them out, but not before Richard Hannay is threatened by Joe Morris personally.

In the series, Powell reprised the role of Hannay, an Edwardian mining engineer from Rhodesia of Scottish origin. [3] 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. Best of the Post, The 1 9 6 0 (USA) 26 x 30 minute episodes Debuting in October 1960, this dramatic anthology series, hosted by…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. Home media availability [ edit ] This act will cripple the community of Strathallen, which is comprised mainly of farmers. When they discover that Hannay is in fact a Mining Engineer he suddenly finds that he is not at all welcome, although this is pure coincidence, as Hannay is simply visiting the town of his birth. Hannay's purpose of the visit with Desmond never reaches a conclusion. He has been murdered and Meredith Baxter stands trial for his murder. He is found guilty. According to Deadline, Netflix’s The 39 Steps production was expected to start in 2022 in Europe. For 2021, both lead actor Benedict Cumberbatch and director Edward Berger are busy. Cumberbatch was filming for Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, and Berger will be in Europe for the better half of the year shooting All Quite on the Western Front with Daniel Bruhl.