View from a Hill, A
Date: 2005
Director: Luke Watson
Production Company: British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
Stars: Mark Letheren, Pip Torrens, David Burke, Simon Linnell
Location(s): Buckinghamshire, Hampshire, Surrey
Region(s): South East R-Z
Storyline:
A historian engaged by a squire to catalogue his private archaeological collection, looks into the past through a pair of old binoculars.
Additional Information:
Page compiled by Phil Wilkinson
An episode broadcast as part of the BBC?s ?A Ghost Story for Christmas? series
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When the car to collect him from the station fails to arrive, Dr. Fanshawe (Mark Letheren) cycles to the home of Squire Richards. The Manor House on Chobham Lane in Chertsey, Surrey
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The historian steps back after ringing the door bell. The Manor House at Chertsey, which also appears in 'Magicians'.
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Squire Henry Richards (Pip Torrens) appears from the house. The Manor House, Chertsey.
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The Squire takes the historian for a walk, pointing out local sites of archaeological interest until they arrive above the village of Lambstone from where Gallows Hill and the ruins of Fulnaker Abbey are visible. Looking down onto Turville in Buckinghamshire with St. Mary the Virgin church to the centre.
Antony Blair captured the best view of the village from the highest accessible vantage point.
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Borrowing a pair of binoculars from the Squire, Dr. Fanshawe puts them to his eyes.
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In the hazy distance, Dr. Fanshawe sees the abbey as it was before being demolished. Steve Randall identifies St. Michael?s Abbey in Farnborough, Hampshire.
- Capture 7
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The Doctor finds sketches of Fulnaker Abbey at the house and the Squire explains that it was dissolved by King Henry VIII and that nothing now remains but a few stones. The Manor House on Chobham Lane in Chertsey.
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Taking the binoculars, Fanshawe makes his way to the site of the abbey the next day.
- Capture 9
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The academic laughs out loud when he can see Fulnaker Abbey at close range. St. Michael?s Abbey on Farnborough Road, Farnborough located by Steve Randall.
- Capture 10
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Spinning around, Dr. Fanshawe takes in more views of the abbey that no longer exists. Found by Steve Randall, St. Michael?s Abbey is the burial place of Napoleon III.
- Capture 11
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Sitting down on one of the stones from the ruined abbey, Fanshawe sketches what he can see. St. Michael?s Abbey in Farnborough, Hampshire discovered by Steve Randall.
- Capture 12
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The Doctor drops the binoculars when startled by a shadow that crosses his sight before an unseen presence knocks him to the ground. More of St. Michael?s Abbey identified by Steve Randall.
- Capture 13
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After finding him hanging from a tree in the woods the previous night, Squire Richards accompanies Dr. Fanshawe to the station. Longcross railway station, next to Longcross Studios in Surrey.
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Dr. Fanshawe apologises for not completing his task. Longcross station in Upper Longcross to east of Sunningdale.
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Checking that Fanshawe is going to be alright, the Squire leaves the station. Facing east on platform 2 at Longcross station.
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At the house, the Squire's butler Patten (David Burke) burns all of the sketches and boiled bones, throwing the binoculars into the flames. The grounds of the Manor House at Chertsey.
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Opening his notebook as he waits for his train, Fanshawe hears a loud rustling in the surrounding woods. Looking west along platform 2 at Longcross station in Surrey.