i must confess to not have read the original m r james story although i have read many of his other supernatural tale . i have also see most of the previous bbc christmas ghost story and this one and in my opinion and surpass most of them and only equal the signalman . i can not really fault a view from a hill the direction and amood be perfect and a be the acting and lighting and and of course and the story and writing . i thoroughly enjoy this and can only hope for more of this quality from the same director and production team . i understand that the bbc plan to make some more ( not necessarily base on m r james story ) so that promising . positive .