Shaka Zulu - Season 1

Shaka Zulu - Season 1

Season 1

South Africa, 1823. The Zulu Empire, headed by King Shaka, a brilliant but ruthless military strategist, begin to encroach on the British colony of Cape Town. A volunteer cadre of explorers, mercenaries and professional soldiers are sent to Zululand to try to make contact with Shaka and assess the real threat of his army.
Network
DatesOct 24, 1986 - Dec 19, 1986

Episodes

Part 1
Season 1Episode 155 min

Part 1

A 10-part dramatization of the life of the great Zulu warrior (1787-1828) whose military innovations helped build a nation he ruled through tyranny. In Part 1, the British send an emissary to Shaka, hoping to intimidate him into an alliance and cancel the threat to their colony at Cape Town.

Oct 24, 1986
Part 2
Season 1Episode 255 min

Part 2

Vegte arrives at Shaka's capital and meets the king. While the others are en route, Fynn saves a girl who was believed dead, giving the Zulus the impression he has magical powers.

Oct 24, 1986
Part 3
Season 1Episode 355 min

Part 3

Fynn chronicles the love affair between Shaka's parents, Prince Senzangakona and Elangeni maiden Nandi, and the divine prophecy for their illegitimate child.

Oct 31, 1986
Part 4
Season 1Episode 455 min

Part 4

Senzangakona makes Nandi a royal wife, but his later humiliation of her brings a death threat from the teenage Shaka.

Nov 7, 1986
Part 5
Season 1Episode 555 min

Part 5

Shaka rejects an overture from his father and aligns himself with the Mtwetwa tribe, where he clashes with the general Bhuza over fighting techniques.

Nov 14, 1986
Part 6
Season 1Episode 655 min

Part 6

Shaka instills a tough training regimen to prepare the Mtwetwas for a battle with the Zulus, which precedes the death of Senzangakona and Shaka's ascension to the Zulu throne.

Nov 21, 1986
Part 7
Season 1Episode 755 min

Part 7

Shaka cedes Port Natal to Farewell and his men after Fynn helps him recover from an assassination attempt. Meanwhile, Farewell's wife learns that both Shaka and Farewell have been declared dead.

Nov 26, 1986
Part 8
Season 1Episode 855 min

Part 8

Fynn traces the history of Shaka and the Ndwandwe king Zwide after Shaka orders the Britons to help fight Zwide, who was responsible for the death of Dingiswayo.

Dec 5, 1986
Part 9
Season 1Episode 955 min

Part 9

Shaka agrees to help build a boat to carry Farewell and a Zulu delegation to Cape Town, where they are imprisoned by Somerset; Shaka is furious that Pampata has borne him a son.

Dec 12, 1986
Part 10
Season 1Episode 1055 min

Part 10

Nandi's death sends Shaka into a frenzy of destruction; Farewell and the Zulu delegation are banished from the colony after Somerset learns Shaka's troops are advancing on the Cape.

Dec 19, 1986

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