The series is one of the most expensive television shows in Greek television history with a budget of €4 million. The Island author Victoria Hislop had previously received offers from Hollywood as high as £300,000 for the movie rights to the novel, although she opted instead to grant the rights to Mega Channel for a fraction of the price in return for some artistic control.

Initial thoughts by Mega Channel were to make a film out of the novel, but they finally decided upon a 26 episode television series instead. Mirella Papaeconomou primarily took on the script's adaptation, and with Hislop's permission added stories and characters that do not exist in the novel to make the series long enough for a full season. Hislop actively participated in the entire process with ideas, suggestions, and observations. Thodoris Papadoulakis undertook the direction of the series.

Sinoc sam iz dosade pustio epizodu na komp, sad sam odgledao vec 4. epizodu
Odlicna serija  Citao sam jos ranije al sam ocekivao jos jednu u moru turskih, bugarskih i slicnih sapunica. Ali naprotiv. Jedna odlicna, melodramaticna, ali kvalitetna dramska serija sa fenomenalnim glumcima, prezanimljivom pricom i genijalnim (autenticnim) lokacijama. Svaka epizoda nudi 45 minuta vrhunskog TV dozivljaja. Likovi su fenomenalno odradjeni i ima ih jako mnogo....ja sam na 4. epizodi i jos uvijek ih nisam sve pohvatao Sama atmosfera serije je predobro prikazana, mracna (ponekad i premracna za moj ukus, pogotovo jer snimka nije HD pa nit ne vidim o kojim likovima je rijec ), depresivna, teska. Grcki je  melem za usi, jedan od razloga zbog kojeg sam upalio sinoc epizodu je bio jer zelim cuti kako je to slusati grcki na nekoj seriji U svakom slucaju, ogromna preporuka...serija koliko znam ide na RTL-u, al valjda vikendom i na bosanskom TV 1 mreza kanalu, isto vikendom. Obavezno pogledajte. Nisam vjerovao da cu se tako navuci