7.7/1014 votes#1 - Return to Yesterday
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 11/7/1977
Reliving the past can be dangerous as Alan Haldane discovers when he returns to Crete after 30 years. His arrival awakens old passions and a hatred, which, unknown to him, has festered for all that time.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.1/1015 votes#2 - Some Talk of Alexander
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 11/14/1977
Haldane meets William Hebden. Hebden is also reliving the past, but while Haldane hides his light under a bushel, Hebden tells his story to anyone who'll listen. An action he may have cause to regret.
Director: N/A
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7.4/1013 votes#3 - The Long Shadow
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 11/21/1977
Katerina Matakis marshals the forces against an unsuspecting Haldane. A man's past can be used to destroy him. But when the stakes are this high, other lives may then be in jeopardy.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.3/1012 votes#4 - A Dead Man to Carry My Cross
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 11/28/1977
An entire village unites against a stranger and an ugly vendetta alienates Annika from Haldane. As events take their course, Haldane learns just how strong are the ties with the past.
Director: N/A
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7.9/1013 votes#5 - Receive the Light
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 12/5/1977
Haldane accepts an unusual challenge and wins an unusual friend. Meanwhile, it is Easter in Elounda. Annika does not know and Haldane dare not reveal that her dead sister is an obstacle to their happiness. When disaster strikes Haldane is surprised by the reaction of the local population.
Director: N/A
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8.3/1011 votes#6 - The Well
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 12/12/1977
"We can never shake ourselves free of what once was", says the Major, "for the past stands with us like our shadow." Alan Haldane encounters a "Lotus Eater". What is it that drives a man like Duncan Neve?
Director: N/A
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8.7/1013 votes#7 - A River to Cross
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 12/19/1977
The vendetta continues against Alan Haldane and he learns that someone wishes him dead. Is it he who must pay the ferryman? He may yet have cause to wish it were.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.9/1011 votes#8 - The Daughters of Themis
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 12/26/1977
"In a lifetime, in every act, among the seeds we sow is the seed of tragedy. And tragedy is a plant which can take many years to grow and even longer to blossom and bear its bitter fruit." Katerina Matakis discovers the capriciousness of the Fates as old gods exact their vengeance. With his new life in ruins, Haldane can see no alternative but to fight his vendetta to its conclusion.
Director: N/A
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The Best Episodes of Who Pays the Ferryman? Season 1
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Who Pays the Ferryman? was a television series produced by the BBC in 1977. The title of the series refers to the ancient religious belief...
Genre:Drama
Network:BBC Two
Season 1 Ratings Summary
"Return to Yesterday" is the best rated episode of "Who Pays the Ferryman?" season 1. It scored 7.7/10 based on 14 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 11/7/1977. This episode is rated 0.6 points higher than the second-best, "Some Talk of Alexander".