Rhodes

9.0(1)|1996-09-15|1 seasons, 8 episodes

Drama

Overview

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.

Episodes

Miniseries(8)

S1E1 · 1996-09-15 · 45m

All the World's Diamonds

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.

S1E2 · 1996-09-22 · 45m