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All Episodes of Rhodes

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...
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  • All the World's Diamonds
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    All the World's Diamonds

    Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 9/15/1996

    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.

    Director: David Drury

    Writer: N/A

  • All the World's Gold
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    All the World's Gold

    Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 9/22/1996

    Rhodes invites a young clerk to oversee his business interests while he takes his seat in the Cape parliament.

    Director: David Drury

    Writer: N/A

  • The Place of the Killing
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    The Place of the Killing

    Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 9/29/1996

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

    Director: David Drury

    Writer: N/A

  • The Price of My Blood
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    The Price of My Blood

    Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 10/6/1996

    Has Rhodes's scheme to outwit Lobengula backfired?

    Director: David Drury

    Writer: N/A

  • The Chameleon and the Fly
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    The Chameleon and the Fly

    Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 10/13/1996

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

    Director: David Drury

    Writer: N/A

  • Land, Gold and Loot
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    Land, Gold and Loot

    Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 10/20/1996

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

    Director: David Drury

    Writer: N/A

  • Upsetting the Apple Cart
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    Upsetting the Apple Cart

    Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 10/27/1996

    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.

    Director: David Drury

    Writer: N/A

  • The Reckoning
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    The Reckoning

    Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 11/3/1996

    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.

    Director: David Drury

    Writer: N/A