
Part 3 S01E03
Dr. Fynn chronicles Shaka's life and rise to power starting with the meeting and affair between Nandi and Prince Senzangakona of the Zulu tribe. Despite Senzangakona's marriage to another and Nandi's fathers attempts to marry her off, they continue to meet, and Nandi becomes pregnant. She gives birth to a boy who she names Shaka, meaning “beetle.”
Series Cast

Edward Fox
Lt. Francis Farewell

Robert Powell
Dr. Henry Fynn

Trevor Howard
Lord Charles Somerset

Fiona Fullerton
Elizabeth Farewell

Christopher Lee
Lord Bathurst

Roy Dotrice
George IV

Gordon Jackson
Prof. Bramston

Kenneth Griffith
Zacharias Abrahams

Simon Sabela
Dingiswayo

Alex Heyns
Vegte

John Carson
Lord Kimberley

Robert Whitehead
Simpson

Ron Smerczak
Ogle

David Sherwood
Captain Blair

Hugh Rouse
Worthing