[2] The child stars were Mario Debono, Aidan Mompalao Depiro and Mary Lu Ripard in the title roles.

These were later cut down to make one feature film shown in UK cinemas as well as the US and, in 1966, in Germany.

Treasure in Malta was also aired as 5 part version in 1984 (repeated 1986), as part of the BBC's afternoon children's programming block [4] The screenplay was adapted by Anne Barrett and Mary Catchcart Borer from the novel By Jiminy Ahoy authored by David Scott Daniell and published by Hodder & Stoughton in 1962.

Two children are looking forward to spending an exciting holiday in Malta with their father, an English archeologist.

But when dad fails to turn up at the airport, they befriend a peanut seller called Jimini.