
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.
Air Date: 1996-09-15
Seventeen years old Cecil Rhodes joins his brother in the rush for diamonds in southern Africa, where he outwits his ...
Air Date: 1996-09-22
Rhodes invites a young clerk to oversee his business interests while he takes his seat in the Cape parliament.
Air Date: 1996-09-29
Rhodes outwits his greatest rival, Barney Barnato, with a brilliant scheme.
Air Date: 1996-10-06
Has Rhodes's scheme to outwit Lobengula backfired?
Air Date: 1996-10-13
Determined to expand north in search of gold, Rhodes orders his pioneer column, a private army, to enter Mashonaland.
Air Date: 1996-10-20
Provoked beyond endurance by Dr. Jameson, Lobengula finally wages war on Rhodes's private army.
Air Date: 1996-10-27
Rhodes conspires against Kruger and the Boers. Meanwhile, trouble is brewing in Rhodesia and Princess Radziwill conti...
Air Date: 1996-11-03
Rhodes has to battle against his two greatest enemies - his health, which is failing fast, and Princess Radziwill, wh...