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
David Hannay (historian) World War I. He contributed articles to the "Pall Mall Gazette", the "Saturday Review of Politics, Literature, Science, and Art", and the "St James's Gazette". He was buried at Kensal Green Cemetery. David Hannay (historian) David McDowall Hannay (25 December 185329 May 1934) was an English naval historian. Hannay was born in London. His father, James Hannay, had been in the Royal Navy, but later became a journalist and novelist. David Hannay was educated at Westminster School, and then joined his father, who was British consul in Barcelona, as vice-consul. Over a period of years he wrote on naval topics