A look at the British aristocracy in decline. Adrift in a rapidly changing world, the Bevans cling to tradition while wrestling with taxes, tree blight, and the need to keep the family skeleton firmly in the cupboard. Maggie, an American journalist for CBS's hard-hitting current affairs show Newsline is forced to research a documentary on the decline and fall of England's upper classes. When these two worlds collide, no one is prepared for the fallout.