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Hannay (1988)

Adventure · Crime · Mystery

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.

IMDb rating
7.2 (244 votes)
Seasons
2
Language
EN
Type
TV series

Ratings refreshed Jul 3, 2026 · 2 seasons indexed

Cast

Seasons

Season 1 (1988)

6.95 avg 6 episodes 6.7 → 6.5 50 min avg

Ep 1: 6.7 · 40 votesEp 2: 7.4 · 42 votesEp 3: 6.7 · 37 votesEp 4: 7.4 · 40 votesEp 5: 7.0 · 33 votesEp 6: 6.5 · 31 votes
Season 1 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1The Fellowship of the Black Stone6.740
2A Point of Honour7.442
3Voyage into Fear6.737
4Death with Due Notice7.440
5Act of Riot7.033
6The Hazard of the Die6.531

Season 2 (1989)

6.90 avg 7 episodes 7.1 → 7.0

Ep 1: 7.1 · 33 votesEp 2: 6.9 · 29 votesEp 3: 7.2 · 31 votesEp 4: 6.9 · 32 votesEp 5: 6.2 · 27 votesEp 6: 7.0 · 28 votesEp 7: 7.0 · 23 votes
Season 2 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Coup de Grace7.133
2The Terrors of the Earth6.929
3Double Jeopardy7.231
4The Good Samaritan6.932
5That Rough Music6.227
6The Confidence Man7.028
7Say the Bells of Shoreditch7.023