Sheridan Smith stars in The Castaways (Image: CHANNEL 5)
The Castaways is coming to Channel 5 and the thriller sees two sisters head off on the holiday of a lifetime to Fiji. However, following a huge argument that dampens the mood, Erin (played by Celine Buckens) never boards the plane to the resort.
Meanwhile, Lori (Sheridan Smith) never arrives at her destination. Months later, with no word on the plane’s location or any survivors, Erin is desperate for peace of mind.
She is shocked when Lori’s credit card is used at a shop and CCTV footage shows the plane’s pilot the day eveyone went missing. Erin is determined to find answers, and her sister.
The thriller is based on the novel of the same name by Lucy Clarke and here is all you need to know about where it was filmed.
The Castaways was filmed in Fiji and Greece (Image: CHANNEL 5)
Where was The Castaways filmed?
The drama was filmed in Fiji and Greece, and the production team faced a number of challenges along the way.
Myf Hopkins, the producer, told Drama Quarterly: “In Greece, we hit difficulties with the intense heat in the summer.
“We had a scene where we needed to light fires, but we couldn’t do that because fires were banned in Greece due to the heatwave. So we had to be clever and find our own way of doing it. We had to replicate something in post production.”
The locations needed to have an authentic feel, with the producer adding: “We found a beach in Greece where we couldn’t see anything around us.
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The Castaways crash scene was filmed in a studio (Image: CHANNEL 5)
“It felt like we were in the middle of nowhere, which is what we needed. We had that visceral sense of water and sea and wind coming through, which you get on a real location. The cast really felt they were living on a beach, which they were for a lot of the time.”
The actual plane crash scene was the only one that wasn’t filmed on location, with the actors instead based in a studio in Athens.
Dominic Tighe, who plays Daniel, another survivor of the accident, told The Post: “They built this incredible aeroplane interior where the seats could all be moved, the walls and the ceiling could come out and you could bring a crane in.
“They relied on the good old-fashioned tricks of shaky camera and lighting effects, but it is very, very effective. They didn’t need to build one of those hydraulic simulators.”
It took four days to film the crash, which was shot in sequence.
The Castaways airs on Channel 5 on Sunday at 9pm