Who pays the Ferryman?

Who Pays the Ferryman? was a British television series by the BBC that was broadcast in 1977 . The eight-part series was written by Michael Bird and produced and directed byWilliam Slater. In the fishing village of Elounda was filmed on the Greek island of Crete. The series came in 1978 on Dutch television and is also appeared on dvd .



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[hide] *Title 1  ==Title[ Edit] == The title refers to the ancient Greek myth in which the border between civilization and the underworld (Hades) is formed by the river Styx. The souls of the departed pass this River using a ferryman, Charon. To pay the Ferryman are there coins on the eyes of the deceased laid. The question in the title refers to involvement of someone at the death of another. ==Story[ Edit] == Alan Haldane was an English businessman in the marine industry. Under pressure from his brother was sold and his company he decided after 30 years to return to Crete. During the Second World War he was on the island known as Leandros and he fought in the resistance (andartes). He goes in search of his beloved of yesteryear, Melina. He meets a handsome wife Annika and both of them are immediately attracted to each other.Leandros visits his old comrade Babis who quite cool to him because he does Melina has let you down. Leandros tells her that he has written three letters but never got reply and then had gone further with his life. He married, but his wife died some years earlier. Babis said that Melina had never gotten his letters and that they sent mine, but who had also not had Leandros. Babis told that Melina was pregnant with Leandros and that they had to leave with another of their comrade, Stelios, married. Stelios came to life in 1949 and Melina himself died four years ago.
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Leandros wanted to know his daughter, Elena, and Babis presented his country home in Elounda at the disposal of Leandros. Elena Elounde and ran a tavern in Leandros quickly became friends with her and her husband Nikos and was also very fond of their little son, Alexis, his grandson. Annika turned out to be the sister of Melina and came regularly to the tavern.

When Annika's mother Katharina Matakis learned that Leandros back in Crete was she decided to take revenge. Katharina had something against all people who were not of Crete. They hired Matheos Noukakis in order to thwart Leandros. Matheos was in love with Annika, but she had to know nothing of him. First he tried to get to Crete by Leandros ' ex Lorna to send a false telegram. Lorna came up, but her could skim over Leandros.Then the House of Matheos Leandros upside down and put his kaïk on fire. Finally he decided to sabotage the brakes of the car of Leandros. Leandros and Annika celebrated with Babis, Elena, Nikos and Alexis their agreement to the tavern from building up in the mountains near Annika's House. When Nikos and his family wanted to return to Elounda started his car does not. Leandros offered his car, and told Elena that she was pleased for they left Leandros and though they had never really known her father they had to think and to him that they now often with Leandros now feel had a father. On the way home from the road and hit the car of Leandros Nikos, Elena and Alexis were all three life.

Leandros was devastated that his new family was gone. Annika went along with Babis to her mother to the sad news to report. She and Ciara, who was with her, thought Annika the death of Leandros report came.When she heard that her granddaughter and great-grandson were dead she got up, she cursed Matheos and got a stroke. Matheos fled and it soon became clear that he was the culprit. Together with his brother Ioannis he fled into the mountains, followed by Leandros. Also Babis and the other his aid when Andartes shots Matheos had their former comrade Georgios shot. However, the major had to be against it because justice kept them and anarchy should not get the upper hand. Meanwhile, Annika discovered in a case the letters of Leandros to Melina and she realized that her mother was the brains behind the whole scheme. Katharina was in bed and could no longer move forward, just stare, but she heard everything. Annika spat her bile and blamed her mother everything that had happened. Just before she left, she put a picture of Elena with her family in sight of Katharina and said to the nurse that she should never move that picture. Leandros was Meanwhile at Matheos and Ioannis Ionannis could hit and shooting down. When Matheos was he shot by Leandros wanted shooting down the major. The series ended with Leandros and Annika that were sitting together. ==Occupation[ Edit] == ==Episodes<span class="mw-editsection" len="346" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] ==
 * 1) Back to yesterday (Return to Yesterday)
 * 2) One talks about Alexander (Some Talk of Alexander)
 * 3) The long shadow (The Long Shadow)
 * 4) Leave a dead bear my cross (A Dead Man to Carry My Cross)
 * 5) Get the light (Receive the Light)
 * 6) The well (The Well)
 * 7) A river that one can cross (A River to Cross)
 * 8) The daughters of Themis (The Daughters of Themis)