TV SeriesEnded
The Zulu Wars
"It's like a spear thrust into the belly of our nation" - King Cetshwayo on the British invasion
2002 7.0(1) 1 season
Cast
Graham McTavish
Narrator
Episodes
1 season available
- S1 · E1E1
The Road to Isandlwana
Jan 1, 2002 50mThe first episode in the series sets the scene and tells the fascinating story of the origins of the war and explains how Sir Henry Bartle-Frere engineered the British invasion of Zululand.
- S1 · E2E2
The Washing of the Spears
Jan 1, 2002 50mThe appalling disaster at Isandlwana was received with horror in Britain and the Government did all it could to maximise the news of the momentous events at Rorke's Drift.
- S1 · E3E3
Twilight of the Zulus
Jan 1, 2002 50mThis episode tells the story of the bloody second and final phase of the war during which the British exacted terrible retribution on the Zulu nation and humiliated King Cetshwayo.
