The Holloway family are at home at the beginning of the long weekend when they are invaded by a gang of four men. David and Trisha Holloway are millionaires with their own separate businesses and as they do not spend conspicuously the gang believe they probably own valuable collections of paintings or antiques or gold. The gang know of the cellar and expect that that is where loot is. David's 'wives' are tortured to make him show the entrance to the cellar - which is disappointing - there is no gold or other valuables just the large collection of BDMS devices that the family have bought or built over the years. In the absence of tangible wealth the gang decide to persuade David to make wire transfers of twenty million pounds to their off-shore accounts. They have flights booked out of Britain on Monday when the returning holiday traffic is at its heaviest and there is less likelihood of them being traced. In the meantime they decide to lock the doors and take up residence in the house - and pass the time by tormenting the wives on the range of devices.