PBS TV show Xarabank raised a record €915,772 for Puttinu Cares in a special programme held on Friday.
The fund-raising programme has become a regular feature of Good Friday, raising funds for the cancer patient care foundation and also highlighting the problems which patients and their families endure.
Puttinu Cares needs the funds to pay for the overseas care of Maltese cancer patients. Over the past two years Xarabank has raised €2.6m for the foundation through various initiatives.