Barney Barnato(1990)

Barney Barnato follows a young English immigrant who arrives in South Africa in 1870 with nothing to his name. After working at a circus, he meets and marries Fanny, then turns his ambition toward the diamond fields of Kimberley. Barnato's shrewd business instincts help him claw his way up through the cutthroat world of mining and trading, where he frequently clashes with Cecil Rhodes, another ruthless entrepreneur hungry for power and wealth. The series chronicles Barnato's rise from poverty to prominence during one of history's most transformative periods in southern Africa, exploring the personal costs of ambition and the rivalries that shaped an empire.