BBC One · Ended

Rhodes

Drama, Adventure, History · 1996

Last aired: S1 E8, The Reckoning · 1996-11-03

Rhodes is a biographical drama charting the life of Cecil Rhodes, a controversial British adventurer and Empire builder.

Cast

Martin Shaw Cecil John Rhodes

Frances Barber Princess Catherine Radziwill

Ken Stott Barney Barnato

Oliver Cotton Joseph Chamberlain

Neil Pearson Dr. Leander Starr Jameson

Season 1

E1 All the World's Diamonds 1996-09-15 · 55 min Young Cecil Rhodes joins his brother in the rush for diamonds in Africa, where he outwits his fellow prospectors.

E2 All the World's Gold 1996-09-22 · 55 min Cecil Rhodes has launched the de Beers Mining Company and pursues his political career. While prospecting for gold in Pretoria, he rushes to Pickering's death bed. Devastated, he sets his sights on the Kimberley mine.

E3 The Place of the Killing 1996-09-29 · 55 min Rhodes outwits his greatest rival, Barney Barnato, with a brilliant scheme.

E4 The Price of My Blood 1996-10-06 · 55 min Lobengula's party meets Queen Victoria. Rhodes and Harry Currey arrive in London to rescue the situation.

E5 The Chameleon and the Fly 1996-10-13 · 55 min Determined to expand north in search of gold, Rhodes orders the Pioneer Column to enter Mashonaland. The Matabele are slaughtered mercilessly.

E6 Land, Gold and Loot 1996-10-20 · 55 min Cecil Rhodes is at the peak of his career. Dr Jameson has engineered a war against Matabeleland. Rhodes sets up a colony in the defeated territory, laying the foundations of apartheid in the reserves for the native people.

E7 Upsetting the Apple Cart 1996-10-27 · 55 min Rhodes conspires against Kruger and the Boers. Meanwhile trouble is brewing in Rhodesia and Princess Radiziwill continues to gather proof of Rhodes's past crimes.

E8 The Reckoning 1996-11-03 · 55 min Rhodes has to battle his fast failing health and Princess Radziwill who is determined to hound him to the last.

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