From the American series Lost In the film Easy

Actor Naveen Andrews, most recently seen in Bride and Prejudice, is returning to British screens with Channel 4's newly acquired drama Lost.

The American show, which has achieved cult status after just one series, will debut on 10th August. It will occupy the slot previously allocated to Desperate Housewives - 10pm. Channel 4 has launched a big marketing campaign to accompany it.

The show follows a group of survivors after their plane crashes on a mysterious island. Andrews plays a character of Middle Eastern origin, Sayid, and was nominated last week for an Emmy award for the best supporting actor category. Lost garnered 12 Emmy nominations in total.

The series will not be Andrews' only appearance on British screens this summer.

His latest film, a romantic comedy titled Easy, is due to open in London next month. Andrews plays John, the love interest of Jamie Harris (Marguerite Moreau) in the film, which attracted some acclaim at the Sundance film festival.

He has also just finished filming for the British film Provoked, based on the true story of a woman driven to kill her husband due to domestic violence. The film is due to be released by the end of the year.

The London born actor started his promising career with Hanif Kureishi's London Kills Me. Since then he is best known for his part in the BBC's Buddha of Suburbia, The English Patient, Mira Nair's Kama Sutra, and more recently Gurinder Chadha's Bride and Prejudice.

He has also starred in a television film called Chippendale Murders, about an Indian immigrant who became one of the biggest names in adult show business.

The actor, who now lives in Los Angeles with his wife and son, has been most recently shooting in Morocco for his next project - tentatively titled The Ten Commandments.