By CHARLOTTE CRIPPS CULTURAL LIFE Films Shane Meadows' 'This Is England' captures England during the 1980's for those working-class British men who became disillusioned. 'Battle in Heaven' is a Mexican film about this old couple who kidnap a baby.

By Hermione Eyre Gina McKee shines as a wife who discovers her husband's grim secret, but the darkness of the piece is unbearable Television Fiona's Story BBC 1 Lost in Austen ITV1 God on Trial BBC 2 The Sculpture Diaries CHANNEL 4 Let us first praise Gina McKee.

By Paul English IT'S Back To The Future, only with corsets, britches and Mr Darcy. Lost In Austen isn't remotely original. Even some of the gags are lifted straight from Michael J. Fox's 1985 movie classic.

THE BBC adaptation of Tess is one of several big-budget costume dramas on TV this year. The Beeb has filmed another Dickens classic, Little Dorrit, starring Tom Courtenay and Amanda Redman. And ITV promises a modern twist on Pride And Prejudice with Lost In Austen.

By KATE BURT How we met Jemima Rooper 26 is an actor who started working at the age of 13, appearing in TV shows including The Famous Five. She went on to star in the cult teen TV drama As If, and will shortly appear in Lost in Austen on ITV.