The 39 Steps and Other Richard Hannay Adventures
Play sample
  • Published: 21 May 2020
  • ISBN: 9781787539105
  • Imprint: BBC DL
  • Format: Audio Download
  • Length: 10 hr 14 min
  • Narrators: Nigel Anthony, David Robb, Tom Baker, Clive Merrison, Jasmine Hyde, Patrick Malahide
  • RRP: $27.99
Categories:

The 39 Steps and Other Richard Hannay Adventures

A BBC Radio collection of full-cast dramatisations

Buy from…
Apple Books Audible Google Play Kobo Libro.fm Spotify

Five BBC Radio 4 dramatisations of John Buchan’s espionage thrillers featuring gentleman spy Richard Hannay

Five BBC Radio 4 dramatisations of John Buchan's espionage thrillers featuring gentleman spy Richard Hannay

The forerunner to James Bond, secret agent Richard Hannay is a thoroughly British action hero, pursuing ruthless villains, foiling deadly plans and risking life and limb for his country. This gripping collection encompasses all five of Hannay's adventures, adapted for radio with superb casts including Tom Baker, Clive Merrison, Stuart Milligan, Jasmine Hyde and Patrick Malahide.

The 39 Steps
When a man is murdered in Richard Hannay's London flat, he goes on the run pursued by the police - and a gang of German spies intent on recovering a secret notebook which could destroy the British naval fleet. Starring David Robb as Hannay.

Greenmantle
1915. Summoned to the War Office, Hannay is told of an impending Holy War in the East. Greenmantle - once a mythical figure, now made flesh - is preparing to lead a great Islamic army against the infidel English. Hannay's mission: to identify Greenmantle and destroy him. Starring David Robb as Hannay.

Mr Standfast
Recalled from the Western Front, Hannay is ordered to pose as a pacifist and sent to Glasgow. Along the way, he meets a teenage Secret Service agent who will change the course of his life. Starring David Robb as Hannay.

The Three Hostages
When a gang of international criminals kidnaps a trio of hostages, the Secret Service brings Hannay out of retirement to track them down. But the mission will pit him against an adversary who can control men's minds... Starring David Robb as Hannay.

The Island of Sheep
A chance meeting in a train and a villainous vendetta shake Richard Hannay out of a complacent middle age, as dangerous men go in pursuit of treasure. Starring Nigel Anthony as Hannay.

'The BBC radio sound effects department is on top form, adding thrills that no printed book can rival' The Times
Please note: the vintage stories in this collection reflect the attitudes of their time.
  • Published: 21 May 2020
  • ISBN: 9781787539105
  • Imprint: BBC DL
  • Format: Audio Download
  • Length: 10 hr 14 min
  • Narrators: Nigel Anthony, David Robb, Tom Baker, Clive Merrison, Jasmine Hyde, Patrick Malahide
  • RRP: $27.99
Categories:

About the author

John Buchan

John Buchan was born in Perth in 1875, the son of a Scottish Presbyterian minister, and educated at Glasgow. He gained a first at Oxford University, where he began writing, producing two volumes of essays, four novels and two collections of stories and poems before the age of twenty-five. He worked briefly as a lawyer, then served as a private secretary in the colonial administration of South Africa after the Boer War. During the war he worked both as a journalist and at Britain's War Propaganda Bureau, eventually becoming Director of Information. He published his most popular novel, The Thirty-Nine Steps, in 1915, and it has never since been out of print. In 1935 Buchan was elevated to the peerage, becoming Baron Tweedmuir of Elsfield, and later that year was appointed Governor General of Canada by King George V. He died on 11 February 1940.

Also by John Buchan

The Thirty-Nine Steps: Popular Penguins
The Strange Adventures of Mr Andrew Hawthorn & Other Stories
Greenmantle
The Thirty Nine Steps
The Complete Richard Hannay
The Thirty-Nine Steps
See all

Praise for The 39 Steps and Other Richard Hannay Adventures

The BBC radio sound effects department is on top form, adding thrills that no printed book can rival

Christina Hardyment, The Times
penguin pop image
penguin pop image