Treasure Over the Water

Miniseries

1972 · 3 episodes

Friends Adam and David embark on an unusual treasure hunt. The treasure itself was traditional enough – family jewels lost during the time of the Spanish Armada. While searching, however, the boys encounter nontraditional enemies but face all the frustrations of trying to unearth history.

Episodes

1. 1

   1. Jonathan Codling's Secret

   14 Feb 1972

   David finds a canoe drifted down stream. After a misunderstanding he meets Adam, who now lives, with his grandparents, following the death of his father. Adam asks David to help find Jonathan Codling's treasure but needs to decode a rhyme.

2. 2

   2. The Treasure Was Taken

   21 Feb 1972

   Adam and David find a loose brick on the bridge but the treasure has long gone. David finds a clue but Adam's grandfather dies. The note says he had found the treasure but hid it again. Adam becomes suspicious his neighbours the Smith's.

3. 3

   3. The Single Rose

   28 Feb 1972

   David and Adam know the Squeak Wilson is an unwitting key to the treasure. David learns that the Smith's are also Codling descendants, the Ashworthy-Smith's. Smith buys the house and the treasure is in his grasp leaving the boys just days.