Website Links

The BBC Comedy website includes BBC comedy listings, a blog, official mini-websites for a number of BBC comedy shows, and a section called 'Comedy Extra' - which features various video clips. www.bbc.co.uk/comedy

This long established website contains information on a number of British comedy series. It isn't 100% comprehensive, but it does have useful information about some series. www.phill.co.uk

Other guides: Valdefierro, Memorable TV, BBC America, RadioListings, British Comedy & Drama Site, Radio Ha Ha

British comedy news, features, interviews, live listings and more. Chortle covers the British stand-up scene in quite some depth and with a lot of knowledge. www.chortle.co.uk

More industry news: Our News, Media Guardian, Digital Spy, Broadcast

A great guide to the London live comedy scene. The creators of this website are clearly knowledgeable about the acts, and write interesting reviews and features. www.londonisfunny.com

A blog about TV from the ISP AOL. Their television blog includes a whole section dedicated to TV comedy. It offers previews and reviews, and sometimes runs interviews with stars too. www.aoltv.co.uk

The people at digital channel Dave clearly love comedy. Their website features details on the shows they broadcast / repeat, a comedy news section and an entertaining blog. www.joindave.co.uk

A website devoted to all things geeky. Their TV section often contains reviews of British comedy shows, and they quite often interview stand-up comedians as well. www.denofgeek.com

This American blog about British television (particularly comedy) comes from the North Texas based PBS TV station Kera. Unlike many US blogs that focus on UK TV, Tellyspotting is both up-to-date and knowledgeable which is why we like it so much. www.kera.org/blogs/tv

TV Scoop is a regularly updated blog all about UK TV. Blog posts include news, previews, reviews, competitions and more. www.tvscoop.tv

The Custard is a long-established blog run by a group of TV fans. New British comedy programmes are normally reviewed on the blog using their tried-and-tested 'pros' and 'cons' format. thecustardtv.blogspot.com

Blogger Dan Owen writes some great reviews. His website is somewhat focused on US TV, but he does find time to review a number of comedy shows on an episode-by-episode basis too. danowen.blogspot.com

A website that started life out as a Lee & Herring fan website but has since spread its wings to provide other comedy related content too. Includes a busy forum, a Fringe listings service and annual awards. notbbc.co.uk

IMDb is a very useful resource. It contains cast and crew information about 1000s of major TV series and films. Search for any comedy to find out who was in it, who worked on it, and what other TV and movie work these people have done. www.imdb.com

Wikipedia is a great idea. It's an online encyclopedia which anyone can contribute to. As a result this site has an ever expanding collection of British comedy related entries. www.wikipedia.org

You can find loads of comedy clips on YouTube. Copyright material is often removed, however you can still normally find loads of clips from the more mainstream British comedies on the site. www.youtube.com

Others: Funny Or Die, Hoot Comedy, BBC Extra, The Box (for Torrents)

Full Players: BBC iPlayer, ITV Player, Channel 4's 4oD

An independent media directory for the UK. This site lists broadcast information and contact details for all the TV channels and radio stations broadcasting in Britain. www.mediauk.com

If you haven't heard of this e-commerce site you are probably the only person who hasn't. Amazon sells just about every comedy book, DVD and video in existence. www.amazon.co.uk

This slightly hidden away directory on the Google website provides links to all sorts of British comedy related websites. Many links are out-of-date though, and there are some glaring omissions. google.com/dirhp

See also: DMOZ, British Comedy Web Ring

If you're looking for prize draws etc, visit this great website - they publish a massive list of UK-based competitions. www.theprizefinder.com