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Tragically, this is not an April Fools joke.

ITV is to turn Pride and Prejudice into a time-travel saga. The broadcaster wants to emulate the success of the BBC One series Life on Mars, in which a detective is catapulted back in time, and build on the triumph of a run of Jane Austen adaptations, featuring stars such as Billie Piper.

In Lost in Austen, Amanda, a chardonnay-swigging West London girl, discovers a bonnet-wearing woman in her bathroom who introduces herself as Elizabeth Bennet. Through a series of accidents, Amanda is transported to Regency England, where she melts before Mr Darcy’s brooding glare. Miss Bennet, meanwhile, breathes life into the modern girl’s useless boyfriend.

Sure it's every Austen fan's dream to travel back in time and meet ~~have hot sex with~~ Mr Darcy but people, IT'S A DREAM!! SOMETIMES IT'S REALLY BAD FANFIC!! BUT WE DON'T WANT TO ACTUALLY SEE IT ON TV!!

NO, OK? DON'T GO THERE.

I just bought tickets to the Blackjack Music Festival. It's going to be super fantastic. THE PIXIES ARE THE HEADLINERS!!! Gnarls Barkley is the other big international act. Local boys The Vines and The Living End are also playing as are one of my all time favourite bands, Eskimo Joe, whom I saw play earlier this year at the Southbound Music Festival and for me, they were the best act there, kicking Modest Mouse's ass (Seriously. Modest Mouse sucked. I'm so glad I paid $40 for a t-shirt...not). So yes, I'm pretty psyched about this concert.

And now for something completely different.

For anyone interested in Pilot watch '07, here's a list of just some of our possible future favourite TV shows.

This one in particular jumped out at me:

James D'Arcy (Master and Commander) has been tapped to star in Fox's drama pilot "Them," which centers on a sleeper cell of extraterrestrial terrorists who take the shape of humans. D'Arcy will play the lead agent responsible for enforcing policy.

Extraterrestrial terrorists? (Say that five times fast) Hee. Still, it's James D'Arcy (who is everywhere right now) and the concept is kind of new so I'm crossing my fingers for this one.