Shows like a view from a hill

A View from a Hill is a 2005 British television film based on the M. R. James short story of the same name. It was adapted by Peter Harness for BBC Four's revival of the Ghost Story for Christmas tradition. It stars Mark Letheren as Dr Fanshawe.

The film opens with historian Dr Fanshawe waiting at a railway station for a car to arrive to take him to the house of Squire Richards, where he is to catalogue and value an archaeological collection which is to be sold. He finally gives up waiting and rides his bike to Squire Richards' house. On the way, one of his bags falls off his bike. When he unpacks his luggage later, he finds his binoculars broken. Fanshawe borrows a pair from Squire Richards.