Occasionally, when I feel that I haven’t quite got a location quite right, I’ll go back and see whether I can find a more accurate spot for where a scene was filmed from.

One location I was particularly unhappy about was in the first episode, where Haldane is driving up into the mountains just before he gets to Annika’s house, and this sequence in particular:

I originally thought that this road was located in one of 2 places – either near Roussapidia (Meligala), or well north of Annika’s house, outside a village called Milatos. From further virtual driving, I found that this was actually the next bend to the west of the first Roussapidia location. In the image below, what I thought was the location is the right-hand circle, the correct location is actually the bend in the left hand circle.

Similarly, for another episode 1 location, I was having trouble finding the place where Haldane is parked near the sea where he sees the pillbox:

The general location of just south of Agios Nikolaos is broadly correct, however I couldn’t tie down just how south Haldane was parked in this scene. As he looked up at a pillbox, I assumed that this was the same location, however knowing now that this may not necessarily have been the case, and after decoupling this assumption, I started to look into the background mountains in more detail instead.

In the upper screen grab, you can see some white areas high up in the mountains opposite, just above and behind Haldane’s right shoulder. I eventually found these on Google Street View and matched that with the location of the second screen grab – we can safely assume that the car is parked in the same spot.

After looking quite hard at matching these 2 positions, I found this location to be well south of Agios Nikolaos, where the Karma Minoan Hotel now stands.

Quite whether the pillbox is there, or was filmed from another location, is another matter. There are many many bushes and trees on that hillside along the road now, so would need a site visit to confirm. Otherwise, the pillbox could be in another location entirely, and that shot was inserted into the scene as they have done a couple more times in the serial.

Most mornings I check the site and re-read what I’ve posted to make sure there are no errors and am confident that the locations I’ve found are accurate. If any of you find any errors, omissions or have actually found any of the remaining locations from the ‘Help me find’ page, then your feedback is deeply appreciated!

Yannis Markopoulos, composer of the soundtrack to the serial, and of the iconic theme song which is so well known, passed away on the 10th of June, at 84 years old.

A Cretan himself, he composed the soundtrack to Who Pays the Ferryman? with the full intention of using local instruments and you can clearly hear these throughout. The santouri used in the track The Sea makes it very special indeed.

An obituary to the great man can be read here.

Hi everyone, it’s been a long time since my last update, however I have been busy looking for some of the remaining locations, which are a little more difficult to find. The lack of background detail and Google Street View locations is forcing me to use other avenues of research – namely Facebook.

I joined the Neapolis, Kritsa and Ayios Nikolaos Facebook groups and set about putting a single message in the Neapolis group about the doctor’s surgery, and where that might be. A long discussions amongst the locals ensued and in the end, there were 2 concrete locations offered. I haven’t seen one, but the other, near to the public gardens in Neapoli, looks very very similar to the house used in the serial.

Another kind resident of Neapoli messaged me to show some on-location photos he’d taken of his own. These were great, and offered an up-to-date look at some of the places seen in the episodes. He helped me find another possible location for when Haldane is driving up the mountain and performs a right-hand turn just before he gets to the orange grove and Annika’s house. He also suggested that the location for the scene in episode 2 when Hebden is sat talking to the locals about the war (whilst Jo is browsing a souvenir shop opposite) is in Ayios Nikolaos, so I will use Street View to look around all those streets and see if I find a match.

In the meantime, I will also place more messages asking residents of the above towns whether the screenshots I post seem familiar to them – they’ve certainly been helpful thus far!

It is with a heavy heart that I write this latest blog post – Jack Hedley, the principal actor in Who Pays the Ferryman?, has passed away, aged 92, after a short illness.

He brought a wonderful depth of character to the role of Alan Haldane, and played him beautifully.

His talent will live on in the wonderful roles he played on TV and in film. May he rest in peace.

An obituary in The Guardian is here.

Shortly after finding the funeral procession road, I found the village of Dafnai nearby. I was on the right track by checking the general area, but I also had to really delve deep into every scene there was in the episode, no matter how brief or how little detail was shown. The mountains in the background weren’t very visible in general – the only help was a very short sequence where Major Krasakis visits the village, and even then I had to piece together the mountain range in the background from a panning shot which was quite time consuming. This is what I came up with.

Now, this may look a mess, but once I’d found the funeral procession into Hamilon, I only had to look at the landscape nearby, and this exact same mountain range appeared. From there it was just a case of moving from street to street or to the next village until I found Dafnai. In this case, it was the next village to the west of Hamilon, called Flamouriana.

Check out the find, it’s on the episode 4 page.

I have been looking for this location thinking it was near to the cemetery that was used at the end of episode 4. The tree-lined road leading up to the cemetery certainly looked the same. However, none of the mountains in the background matched.

At the same time, nothing in Fourni seems to match the actual central village area where Haldane, Annika and Viglis park up, the restaurant where Haldane and Annika have lunch, or where the fight happens. The church where Annika was christened is certainly in Fourni, but the other parts of Dafnai weren’t filmed in Fourni in my opinion.

I started looking further afield around the Lasithi region and happened upon a matching mountain range, that I thought looked interesting. Part of it looked like it might match the Dafnai village, but travelling through Google Street View, it was apparent that the mountain ranges matched the procession route instead! Check this location out – it’s on the episode 4 page. The village in question is called Hamilon and is to the west of Ayios Nikolaos.

What is strange to me is that they didn’t just use the roads leading up to the actual cemetery. If I have the opportunity to ask any of the crew about why this area was used, I will.

Still, one more location ticked off the list!

Throughout the series, there are occasions when Greek is spoken, without subtitles. For those of you that may be wondering what has been said, I have translated (or attempted to translate where possible) those particular conversations.

These are in the ‘Dialogue’ page in the top menu. At the bottom of that page, I have also kept the general phrases as these pop up frequently and there is no need to put these into the main translations.

Also, at the top of each episode page, I have placed a screenshot of the title caption so that viewers can see how they were overlaid onto the first scene in that episode.

I noticed recently that the end credits are also filmed sequences, with the credit text overlaid. These are also locations that can be documented and Google pinned on the site.

I have gone through and added the ones I hadn’t already done (episodes 6 and 8 from memory). Episodes 1 and 7 are the same. All locations (both Google Street View and Google Maps pins) have now been added. I’ve yet to add them to the main map page as that is still in progress.

Check them out, they’re at the very bottom of each episode page. I think I’ll also transcribe the credits, as the cast and crew seems to vary slightly for each episode.

Hello everyone, I’ve now also added a Google Map page. This will eventually show all locations on one map, with a ‘pin’ for each location. Click on the pin and there is a short description of that location.

I have started with the main ones, and will populate where time allows. Click on the ‘Map’ menu to get started.

I have finally found the village of Meligala. It is actually the village of Roussapidia and lies in the mountains south of Neapoli (where else?).

You can find more information and Google Street Views and Maps on the Episode 6 page.