Newest Information On Season Five Of '24'

With the fourth season of 24 barely concluded, details have already begun to emerge about Jack Bauer's next adventure.

"We'll pick Jack up in a very different place, roughly a year later," producer Robert Cochran revealed to TV Guide. "Of course, the show is the show, so it won't be long before he's back in the saddle. But we'll explore a little bit of what he's been doing with his life and the situation he's gotten himself into. That will certainly have an impact on his behaviour when he gets involved in the streets."

Confirmed returning cast members include Mary Lynn Rajskub (Chloe O'Brian) and Roger Cross (Curtis Manning), while an as-yet undisclosed actress has been cast in a "major new female role."

The opening episode is rumoured to feature a terrorist bombing of a "high value target," with several major characters expected to die in the explosion.

Filming of season five is due to commence at the end of July but won't premiere until January 2006 in the States.