Seasons & Episodes
Season 1
8 episodes
E01
All the World's Diamonds
Young Cecil Rhodes joins his brother in the rush for diamonds in Africa, where he outwits his fellow prospectors.
E02
All the World's Gold
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.
E03
The Place of the Killing
Rhodes outwits his greatest rival, Barney Barnato, with a brilliant scheme.
E04
The Price of My Blood
Lobengula's party meets Queen Victoria. Rhodes and Harry Currey arrive in London to rescue the situation.
E05
The Chameleon and the Fly
Determined to expand north in search of gold, Rhodes orders the Pioneer Column to enter Mashonaland. The Matabele are slaughtered mercilessly.
E06
Land, Gold and Loot
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.
E07
Upsetting the Apple Cart
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.
E08
The Reckoning
Rhodes has to battle his fast failing health and Princess Radziwill who is determined to hound him to the last.
Martin Shaw
as Cecil John Rhodes
Frances Barber
as Princess Catherine Radziwill
Ken Stott
as Barney Barnato
Oliver Cotton
as Joseph Chamberlain
Neil Pearson
as Dr. Leander Starr Jameson
