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All the World's Diamonds

Episode number: 1

Overview: 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.

All the World's Gold

Episode number: 2

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

The Place of the Killing

Episode number: 3

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

The Price of My Blood

Episode number: 4

Overview: Has Rhodes's scheme to outwit Lobengula backfired?

The Chameleon and the Fly

Episode number: 5

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

Land, Gold and Loot

Episode number: 6

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

Upsetting the Apple Cart

Episode number: 7

Overview: 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.

The Reckoning

Episode number: 8

Overview: 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.