The hit American TV show ‘Lost’ is taking the drama to a new level with a dramatic change of location this autumn as the cast find themselves stuck at Heathrow’s Terminal 5. The new series will follow the trauma and misery experienced by passengers of Flight 450, seemingly marooned forever in the newest terminal of the world’s busiest airport. ‘We are confident that each week, viewers of ‘Lost’ will tune in to see if their bags have been found or their connecting flight is ready to leave’ said producer Jenny Langley.

With ratings slipping recently, the producers were forced to up the jeopardy with the new series, and the pressure was on to find an even more unlikely location for a plane to end up. ‘As food stocks run low, the characters are forced to live on a diet of over-priced mozzarella paninnis, grabbing whatever sleep they can on the airport benches,’ boasted Langley. The flashbacks continue, with the stranded travellers having fond memories of the time they spent on a remote desert island.

Ignoring advice to reconstruct Terminal 5 in a separate location, the production team actually spent months filming at the infamous airport location itself. All the shows are now filmed and edited and ready to be shipped back to Hollywood, with only one minor hitch in the plan. ‘We were flying them back to Los Angeles, and so checked in all the tapes at the baggage section of Heathrow’s Terminal 5. The only slight problem, and perhaps we should have seen this coming, is that the tapes are all, well; Lost.’