The series
Martin Shaw stars as Cecil Rhodes, the man whose controversial career included the creation of de Beers, the addition of nearly one million square miles to the Britain's African Empire, and had given his name to a country (Rhodesia, now Zimbabwe) larger than most of Europe. Martin Shaw's son plays the younger Rhodes and other cast members include Neil Pearson, Frances Barber and Ken Stott.
Episodes
Season 1 · 8 episodes · 1996
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Episode 115 Sep 199645m
All the World's Diamonds
Seventeen years old Cecil Rhodes joins his brother in the rush for diamonds in southern Africa, where he outwits his fellow prospectors, reorganizes the workforce and forms a breath-taking vision to extend the British Empire from the Cape …
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Episode 222 Sep 199645m
All the World's Gold
Rhodes invites a young clerk to oversee his business interests while he takes his seat in the Cape parliament.
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Episode 329 Sep 199645m
The Place of the Killing
Rhodes outwits his greatest rival, Barney Barnato, with a brilliant scheme.
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Episode 46 Oct 199645m
The Price of My Blood
Has Rhodes's scheme to outwit Lobengula backfired?
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Episode 513 Oct 199645m
The Chameleon and the Fly
Determined to expand north in search of gold, Rhodes orders his pioneer column, a private army, to enter Mashonaland.
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Episode 620 Oct 199645m
Land, Gold and Loot
Provoked beyond endurance by Dr. Jameson, Lobengula finally wages war on Rhodes's private army.
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Episode 727 Oct 199645m
Upsetting the Apple Cart
Rhodes conspires against Kruger and the Boers. Meanwhile, trouble is brewing in Rhodesia and Princess Radziwill continues to gather proof of Rhodes's past crimes.
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Episode 83 Nov 199645m
The Reckoning
Rhodes has to battle against his two greatest enemies - his health, which is failing fast, and Princess Radziwill, who is determined to hound him to the last.
Cast
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