Episodes

1: All the World's Diamonds

Sep 15, 1996

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

Sep 22, 1996

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

Sep 29, 1996

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

4: The Price of My Blood

Oct 6, 1996

Has Rhodes's scheme to outwit Lobengula backfired?

5: The Chameleon and the Fly

Oct 13, 1996

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

6: Land, Gold and Loot

Oct 20, 1996

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

7: Upsetting the Apple Cart

Oct 27, 1996

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

Nov 3, 1996

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.

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