Rhodes(1996)
Drama
First Air Date: 1996-09-15
Average Runtime: 45m
Rating: 9.0
Votes: 1
Seasons: 1
Episodes: 8
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.
Seasons & Episodes
Miniseries
Episodes: 8E01
All the World's Diamonds
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 ...
E02
All the World's Gold
Air Date: 1996-09-22
Rhodes invites a young clerk to oversee his business interests while he takes his seat in the Cape parliament.
E03
The Place of the Killing
Air Date: 1996-09-29
Rhodes outwits his greatest rival, Barney Barnato, with a brilliant scheme.
E04
The Price of My Blood
Air Date: 1996-10-06
Has Rhodes's scheme to outwit Lobengula backfired?
E05
The Chameleon and the Fly
Air Date: 1996-10-13
Determined to expand north in search of gold, Rhodes orders his pioneer column, a private army, to enter Mashonaland.
E06
Land, Gold and Loot
Air Date: 1996-10-20
Provoked beyond endurance by Dr. Jameson, Lobengula finally wages war on Rhodes's private army.
E07
Upsetting the Apple Cart
Air Date: 1996-10-27
Rhodes conspires against Kruger and the Boers. Meanwhile, trouble is brewing in Rhodesia and Princess Radziwill conti...
E08
The Reckoning
Air Date: 1996-11-03
Rhodes has to battle against his two greatest enemies - his health, which is failing fast, and Princess Radziwill, wh...
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