As Anna expertly explained earlier, Lost In Austen was one of the feel-good television hits of the year. I saw the series' star, Jemima Rooper, in Sky1's Hex a few years ago and thought she was lovely and perky and a bit quirky (she played a gay ghost), so it was very gratifying to see her star in a primetime drama. Her character, Amanda Price, lived out every Austen fans dream - to be transported back in time to interact with the fictional characters. I caught up Jemima last week to chat Austen. Read the words that came out of her mouth over the jump.

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Well, we've been counting down our favourite shows of 2008 these last two weeks, and already we've reached the heady heights of number six. And would you look at this - the position is filled by a hip, innovative prime-time drama from ITV! Wonders never cease, eh?

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Interesting thing in today's MediaGuardian. It asked whether ITV1's recent critical successes - you know, those 9pm dramas that mean people like me are actually watching the channel - is a good thing, or actually damaging for the emabattled channel. Phooh, who would be ITV1? First you make utter tummyrubbish and it gets slammed by people like us, but when you do make some decent stuff it gets questioned. Why is ITV1's recent ejaculation of good stuff being scrutinised in a bad way? Read on...

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At the start of this, the fourth and final episode of ITV's genre-bending comedy-time-travel-costume drama Lost In Austen, things were at a very low ebb for Amanda Price, and the characters of Pride and Prejudice that she has been residing with since finding a portal into the novel in her bathroom. Could she get the plot back on track - and would she want to, now she knows she loves Darcy?

I've got to be honest, I think Lost in Austen (ITV1, Wednesday, 24 September, 9pm) is one of the best things on the box at the moment. This fact is still something that stuns me. When I look at the ingredients that make it - saccharine, occasionally empty headed, based around a period drama and quirky - that by rights, it's so sweet and sticky that I should be vomiting caramel. However, even though from the outset, it looks rubbish, it's actually brilliant, fun and very smart. I imagine I'm not the demographic, but I'm really enjoying it. So what's this week's final episode got in store for us?

As I cover a lot of the comedy programming that gets beamed into our living rooms, ITV1 isn't a channel I generally watch a whole lot. I'm not a masochist, after all. So it was quite entertaining to switch over a few minutes ahead of time last week and today to be faced with The Bill - a show which is so utterly old-fashioned looking it is virtually the twin of Garth Marenghi's Darkplace. Luckily Lost In Austen has a little more class.

Yes, we enjoyed Lost In Austen quite a lot last night. And so did the big, proper posh critics. In fact I haven't seen the words 'froth', 'confection' and erm, 'trifle' used in such glorious abundance since I tried to describe my friend's excellent puddings. It was widely agreed that watching Lost In Austen was like mainlining candyfloss, so light and breezy was its Regency take on Life On Mars. Fair play to ITV for making it and giving such a quirky idea (as quirky as ITV dare to get on weekday evening) life and a decent time slot. So why didn't it blitz the ratings?

For all the world, ITV1's latest bright hope, Lost In Austen (ITV1, Wednesday, 3 September, 9pm) looked like a show designed for, and quite possibly made by, the girls. That's the thing with period dramas. There's something weirdly girly about them. The dashing dukes, the elaborate dresses, the melodrama, the plight of women and their issues. There's a certain amount of depth in the emotions of period dramas, or rather, the books that they're based on, that us blokes could never hope to understand (read: we could never let on that we're in tune with such feelings because we don't want to appear 'soft'). So with this new kooky look at the world of the doiley, it felt even more girl-centric. Oddly for a bloke, I had a good feeling about it...

If watching a heavy debate about God doesn't float your boat, then how about a fun-romp through the world of Jane Austen? Lost in Austen (ITV1, Wednesday, 3 September, 9pm) kicks off to enable us to have a peep into the world of ruffles, bounders and fillies without taking itself too seriously. Trick is, with this show, is that, instead of 'faithfully' recreating one of Austen's literary works, the producers have decided to appeal to the Costume Drama audience with a bit of time-travel. It looks like a neat twist on a format that I can't bear. So with this be worth it?

Yes, I know ITV making a drama series that people are actually looking forward to is a rarity, but Lost In Austen looks like fun. If you didn't know already it stars Jemima Rooper as a Jane Austen-loving 21st century gal, who finds a weird time portal back to the time of Pride And Prejudice. It's a time travelling scenario, but with that added Austen schtick. It's already being called a cross between Life On Mars and Pride And Prejudice, so we'll have to wait and see what happens. It's on Wednesday night at 9pm (3 September) and there's some interview footage and trailerage after the jump.

It seems like the TV companies can't get enough Jane Austen, but this time they've gone modern (or, rather, postmodern).

Lost in Austen stars Jemima Rooper (pictured - pouty much?) as Amanda Price, a frustrated romantic who lives for reading and adores the characters in her Jane Austen books. Then one day, whaddaya know, she discovers a "gateway" in her flat and finds herself exchanging lives with Pride and Prejudice's Elizabeth Bennet. But is the "true" story in danger of being thrown off track by her presence?