Summaries

In fact Dr Fanshawe is not on holiday. As an archaeologist, he has been engaged by the squire to catalogue a private collection of local artefacts.

"A View From A Hill" tells the tale of how different Fanshawe's holiday might have been had his trusty binoculars not broken. The Squire's archaic pair prove strangely bewitching, but is everything they see to be believed? And why does their very mention fill the elderly butler with dread? He looks like he's seen a ghost, or worse. Perhaps Fanshawe should have consulted the old man before venturing up Gallows Hill. Some stones are better left un-turned, and questions of the dead should remain the secrets of the past, because sometimes the dead answer back.—The Professor

How different Fanshawe's holiday might have been had his trusty binoculars not broken. The Squire's archaic pair prove strangely bewitching, but is everything they see to be believed? And why does their very mention fill the elderly butler with dread? He looks like he's seen a ghost, or worse. Perhaps Fanshawe should have consulted the old man before venturing up Gallows Hill. Some stones are better left unturned, and questions of the dead should remain the secrets of the past, because sometimes the dead answer back...—Anonymous

On holiday, a young man borrows a pair of binoculars when his own are broken. But they seem somehow bewitched, showing things that could only be seen with dead men's eyes... visions from the past. And using them could lead to a sinister rendezvous on Gallow's Hill.—frank-270

Details

Keywords
  • shooting
  • gunshot
  • discovering a dead body
  • finding a dead body
  • hanged man
Genres
  • Thriller
  • Fantasy
  • Mystery
  • Horror
  • Drama
Release date Dec 31, 2004
Motion Picture Rating (MPA) Not Rated
Countries of origin United Kingdom
Language English
Filming locations Barrow Hills Golf Course, DERA vehicle testing track, Longcross Lane, Longcross, Surrey, England, UK
Production companies British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)

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Tech specs

Runtime 40m
Color Color
Aspect ratio 16:9 HD

Synopsis

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