Rhodes

Miniseries

1996 · 8 episodes · 6h 0m in all

Episodes

1. 1

   1. All the World's Diamonds

   15 Sept 1996 · 45 min

   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.

2. 2

   2. All the World's Gold

   22 Sept 1996 · 45 min

   Rhodes invites a young clerk to oversee his business interests while he takes his seat in the Cape parliament.

3. 3

   3. The Place of the Killing

   29 Sept 1996 · 45 min

   Rhodes outwits his greatest rival, Barney Barnato, with a brilliant scheme.

4. 4

   4. The Price of My Blood

   6 Oct 1996 · 45 min

   Has Rhodes's scheme to outwit Lobengula backfired?

5. 5

   5. The Chameleon and the Fly

   13 Oct 1996 · 45 min

   Determined to expand north in search of gold, Rhodes orders his pioneer column, a private army, to enter Mashonaland.

6. 6

   6. Land, Gold and Loot

   20 Oct 1996 · 45 min

   Provoked beyond endurance by Dr. Jameson, Lobengula finally wages war on Rhodes's private army.

7. 7

   7. Upsetting the Apple Cart

   27 Oct 1996 · 45 min

   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.

8. 8

   8. The Reckoning

   3 Nov 1996 · 45 min

   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.