Rhodes
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Ended
Drama
Seasons | 1
Episodes | 8
avg.Runtime | 45 min
First EP | 1996-09-15
Last EP | 1996-11-03
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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.
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Season List
season 1 || Miniseries
Relesed on | 1996-09-15
1
All the World's Diamonds
1996-09-15
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
1996-09-22
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
1996-09-29
Rhodes outwits his greatest rival, Barney Barnato, with a brilliant scheme.
4
The Price of My Blood
1996-10-06
Has Rhodes's scheme to outwit Lobengula backfired?
5
The Chameleon and the Fly
1996-10-13
Determined to expand north in search of gold, Rhodes orders his pioneer column, a private army, to enter Mashonaland.
6
Land, Gold and Loot
1996-10-20
Provoked beyond endurance by Dr. Jameson, Lobengula finally wages war on Rhodes's private army.
7
Upsetting the Apple Cart
1996-10-27
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
1996-11-03
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.
CAST
charactor: Barney Barnato
Original: Ken Stott
Total EP: 8
charactor: Cecil John Rhodes
Original: Martin Shaw
Total EP: 8
charactor: Young Cecil Rhodes
Original: Joe Shaw
Total EP: 8
charactor: Princess Catherine Radziwill
Original: Frances Barber
Total EP: 8
charactor: Herbert Rhodes
Original: Tim Dutton
Total EP: 1
charactor: Neville Pickering
Original: Raymond Coulthard
Total EP: 1
charactor: Colonel Kekewich
Original: Peter Guinness
Total EP: 1
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