Hannay (TV series) 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. Hannay (TV series) Hannay was a 1988 ITV television series, a spin-off from the 1978 film version of John Buchan's novel "The Thirty-Nine Steps". The film and series starred Robert Powell as Richard Hannay. In the series, Powell reprised the role of Hannay, 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
Clan Hannay Clan Hannay Clan Hannay is a Lowland Scottish clan. The Hannays are from the ancient princedom of Galloway. The name appears to have originally been spelt "Ahannay" but its origin is uncertain. It could derive from the Scottish Gaelic "O'Hannaidh" or "Ap Shenaeigh". In 1296 Gilbert de Hannethe appears on the Ragman Rolls submitting to Edward I of England. This could be the same Gilbert who acquired the lands of Sorbie. The Hannays were suspicious of Robert the Bruce's ambitions and instead supported the claim of John Balliol. Balliol was descended from the Celtic Princes of Galloway through his mother,