Rhodes
Rhodes: Season 1

Air Date

September 15, 1996

Episodes

8 episodes

Rhodes

Season 1

Episodes

1. All the World's Diamonds

September 15, 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. All the World's Gold

September 22, 1996
45 min

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

3. The Place of the Killing

September 29, 1996
45 min

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

4. The Price of My Blood

October 6, 1996
45 min

Has Rhodes's scheme to outwit Lobengula backfired?

5. The Chameleon and the Fly

October 13, 1996
45 min

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

6. Land, Gold and Loot

October 20, 1996
45 min

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

7. Upsetting the Apple Cart

October 27, 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. The Reckoning

November 3, 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.