Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- ~55 min/episode
- Length
- 1 season · 10 episodes
- Status
- Miniseries
- Age rating
- TV-14
- Language
- English
- Country
- South Africa
- Violence
- Moderate
Why tonight?
- One season, and then it ends — a story with a last episode, not a habit.
The story
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.
- africa
- south africa
- british empire
- rise and fall
- miniseries
- racism
- colonialism
- cape town
- south africa
- palace intrigue
- 19th century
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
- Trevor Howard
- Fiona Fullerton
- Christopher Lee
- Roy Dotrice
- Gordon Jackson
- Kenneth Griffith
- Conrad Magwaza
- Patrick Ndlovu
- Roland Mqwebu
- Gugu Nxumalo
- Tu Nokwe
- Directed
- William C. Faure
- Created
- William C. Faure
- Written
- Joshua Sinclair
Production
- Rating
- 7.2 / 10 · 142 ratings
- Network & studio
- SABC 1, Harmony Gold, Tele München
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
