
Based on the best-selling English novel The Island by Victoria Hislop, the series takes place on the island of Spinalonga, off the coast of Crete, and in the village of Plaka which lies within swimming distance across it. The series premiered on 11 October 2010 to record ratings and critical acclaim. It is the most expensive Greek television production ever with a budget of €4 million.
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Air Date: 2010-10-11
The story starts off in 2010 London, with young Alexis starting her journey from London to Crete. She seeks to learn ...
Air Date: 2010-10-18
Eleni and young Dimitris reach the island, the place in which they are condemned to live for the rest of their lives....
Air Date: 2010-11-01
Giorgos tries to fall into the routine of primarily caring for his daughters, but meets difficulties with Anna's wayw...
Air Date: 2010-11-08
The island receives newcomers from Athens. Their arrival however, is met with resistance from certain residents. Pest...
Air Date: 2010-11-15
Evgenia's health becomes worse day by day, and she is haunted by the fear that she may make her children sick as well...
Air Date: 2010-11-22
War breaks out in Europe; Eleni is named the new schoolteacher by the new head of Spinalonga, angering Ms. Kroustalak...
Air Date: 2010-11-29
German troops invade Crete and bomb Heraklion. The residents of Plaka feel the ferocity of the intruders first hand, ...
Air Date: 2010-12-06
Seven years later when the war has just ended, Antonis returns home to Plaka from the guerrilla warfare, and at the u...
Air Date: 2010-12-13
Andreas Vandoulakis sends a letter with Antonis to Anna, inviting her to his home; Despite being very jealous, Antoni...
Air Date: 2011-01-24
Anna learns from Antoni that Alexandros Vandoulakis illness was just an excuse to get out of dinner. Meanwhile, Andre...
Air Date: 2011-01-31
Anna marries Andreas and her life changes in the blink of an eye; Maria and Giorgos visit Anna at the Vandoulakis vil...
Air Date: 2011-02-07
Evegnia and Papadimitriou grow closer, and he gives Evgenia her daughter's letter; Ilektra's visions worsens almost t...
Air Date: 2011-02-14
Evgenia's children arrive on Spinalonga, and their depressed father commits suicide; Ilektra realizes she is slowly l...
Air Date: 2011-02-21
Full of guilt, Evgenia searches for her children, but Kroustalki finds them first and scares with bad stories about P...
Air Date: 2011-02-28
Dr. Kiritsis discovers that Kalliopi's baby is actually healthy, but decides to keep it on the island to perform scie...
Air Date: 2011-03-07
Manolis and Antonis plan a gathering in Plaka; Foteini picks up on Manoli's attraction to Maria, but Maria appears un...
Air Date: 2011-03-14
Papadimitriou raises black flags on the walls and gates of the island, declaring a hunger strike and commercial embar...
Air Date: 2011-03-21
Papadimitriou approaches Evegnia's children and asks Lefteris to work at the island's newspaper; Evgenia becomes happ...
Air Date: 2011-03-28
Lefteris begins to like Papadimitriou and understands that his mother loves him and wants them to live together. He t...
Air Date: 2011-04-04
Maria arrives in Spinalonga and settles into the house where her mother lived and died. On the island she meets her m...
Air Date: 2011-04-11
Dr. Kiritsis manages to stop the mob threatened to burn the island. The people of Spinalonga welcome him as a savior....
Air Date: 2011-04-18
Giorgos visits for the first time the interior of the island and the home of his daughter, Maria. The same house wher...
Air Date: 2011-05-02
The time passes and in Neapoli, Anna baptize her daughter with Manolis being the godfather. Manolis avoids Anna which...
Air Date: 2011-05-09
Manolis is leaving to take over the estates of his uncle in Messara. Anna loses all hope but rejoices when her husban...
Air Date: 2011-05-16
The people of Spinalonga arrive at Plaka. The people of Plaka welcome them with emotion and joy. The disease was defe...
Air Date: 2011-05-23
Past and present meet to write the finale to the stories of our heroes... The daughter of Anna, Sophia, growing up fa...