Rhodes
1996 · 1 season · 8 episodes · Ended · BBC One
Drama
TMDB 9.0 · 1 votes
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
- S01E01All the World's Diamonds1996-09-1545m
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 to Cairo.
- S01E02All the World's Gold1996-09-2245m
Rhodes invites a young clerk to oversee his business interests while he takes his seat in the Cape parliament.
- S01E03The Place of the Killing1996-09-2945m
Rhodes outwits his greatest rival, Barney Barnato, with a brilliant scheme.
- S01E04The Price of My Blood1996-10-0645m
Has Rhodes's scheme to outwit Lobengula backfired?
- S01E05The Chameleon and the Fly1996-10-1345m
Determined to expand north in search of gold, Rhodes orders his pioneer column, a private army, to enter Mashonaland.
- S01E06Land, Gold and Loot1996-10-2045m
Provoked beyond endurance by Dr. Jameson, Lobengula finally wages war on Rhodes's private army.
- S01E07Upsetting the Apple Cart1996-10-2745m
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.
- S01E08The Reckoning1996-11-0345m
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.
