A Patriotic Offering is the first episode of the fourth series of the period drama Upstairs, Downstairs.
They are refugees of the War in Belgium and they tell a story of death and terror.
His son and grandson were killed in the fighting at the hands of the invading Germans and his little granddaughter died .
She lost her husband and son (only 16 years old) in the fighting and her little daughter in her arms was killed in bombing.
The refugees are initially met with hostility from the Eaton Place staff but as understanding grows, so does co-operation.