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It's not officially confirmed yet but Lost Season 5 looks set to hit Sky screens on ...

Sunday January 25

Lost returns in January for season five.

Here's a sneak peek at what's in store for Jack, Ben and Kate!

Click here to see why Jack is being kept in the dark, and why Kate faces a heart-wrenching decision.

Bizarre... very very bizarre.

Not looking good, is it?

Michael and Linc are in the hands of The Company.

Alex is in the tender arms of the FBI.

T-Bag is being strangled by the Bible-bashing Company goon.

Gretchen and Self seem to have the upper hand.

That leaves only Sara and Sucre to save the day.

And we all know Sara loses her head in a crisis.

There's better news, however, for the series in general.

Critics have savaged season four, arguing that's just too predictable, and viewing figures have fallen as the A-Team-type Scylla storyline plays out.

There had been fears that the show might be cancelled after its mid-season break.

But word from the studio is that Prison Break WILL be back in the spring.

It's thought there'll be six more episodes, taking the season to 22 in total.

And if there's not going to be a fifth helping, a two-hour long special will wrap up all the loose ends.

Whisper it quietly but Fringe and Lost are getting up close and personal.

We've already seen teasers in the first series of Fringe, and word from Hawaii is that some subtle hints are being dropped on the Lost set, too.

Both series, of course, are the brainchild of J J Abrams - and Anorak City has already speculated on a tie-up.

Now there's rumour that studio chiefs at arch-rivals Fox and ABC are in tentative talks about a one-off cross-over episode.

It's expected to be one of those infuriating Lost flashbacks or flash-forwards, and all the talk is of island exile Ben Linus having some sort of link with the Fringe team's barmy boffin Dr Walter Bishop.

There are already links between the series. In this week's episode of Fringe, about a man tormented by butterflies, you'll have spotted an Oceanic Airlines ticket - the same line, of course, that carried the Losties to their fate.

Shadowy special agent Phillip Broyles, the Homeland Security boss of the Fringies, is played by Lance Reddick - the same actor who plays shadowy Matthew Abaddon in Lost (and in very much the same manner).

Soundtrack effects, notably that rising note, are replicated in both series. And word reaches us from the Lost set that a poster advertising Massive Dynamic - the sinister Fringe firm - will be seen in an upcoming episode.

It's not the first time that Abrams has been such a tease.

During his Cloverfield monster movie, sharp-eyed fans spotted the Dharma logo.

The last couple of Harry Potter flicks have been slightly tosh to say the least - the latest one however looks like it could be a good attempt at getting the series back on track.