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Rhodes - Episode Guide

Season 1

All the World's Diamonds

Episode: 1x01 | Airdate: Sep 15, 1996

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Young Cecil Rhodes joins his brother in the rush for diamonds in Africa, where he outwits his fellow prospectors.

All the World's Gold

Episode: 1x02 | Airdate: Sep 22, 1996

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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.

The Place of the Killing

Episode: 1x03 | Airdate: Sep 29, 1996

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

The Price of My Blood

Episode: 1x04 | Airdate: Oct 6, 1996

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Lobengula's party meets Queen Victoria. Rhodes and Harry Currey arrive in London to rescue the situation.

The Chameleon and the Fly

Episode: 1x05 | Airdate: Oct 13, 1996

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Determined to expand north in search of gold, Rhodes orders the Pioneer Column to enter Mashonaland. The Matabele are slaughtered mercilessly.

Land, Gold and Loot

Episode: 1x06 | Airdate: Oct 20, 1996

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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.

Upsetting the Apple Cart

Episode: 1x07 | Airdate: Oct 27, 1996

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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.

The Reckoning

Episode: 1x08 | Airdate: Nov 3, 1996

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Rhodes has to battle his fast failing health and Princess Radziwill who is determined to hound him to the last.

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