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

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

Other news sites: Media Guardian, Digital Spy, Broadcast

This long-established website contains basic but useful information on a number of British comedy series. www.phill.co.uk

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

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

An online magazine website focusing on the North-East comedy scene. With interviews, features and reviews. www.gigglebeats.co.uk

A comedy blog featuring a mix of interviews with comedy stars, up-and-coming acts, and those behind the scenes in the comedy business. thehumourdor.co.uk

A website showcasing sketches, sitcoms, animation and stand-up from a mix of new and established comedy acts. www.comcomedy.com

Spoonfed offers stand-up listings and also regularly carries exclusive interviews with circuit comedians. www.spoonfed.co.uk

A relatively new website reviewing British comedy related books, venues, podcasts, DVDs, TV and the web. www.comedycritic.co.uk

A regularly updated satirical comedy website. www.thedailymash.co.uk

Satirical website. Has a habit of creating viral hits, like their Daily Mail version of the tube map. www.thepoke.co.uk

An outspoken online comedy magazine, which also organises stand-up comedy nights and sometimes produces a printed magazine. www.thefixonline.com

An occassionally published comedy magazine, featuring interviews, cartoons and other original content. www.mustardweb.org

A knowledgeable comedy website that mixes together comedy news, reviews, videos and more. It also features a social networking aspect which links together comedians. www.suchsmallportions.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

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 from the satellite TV station that broadcasts just comedy. Their site features guides to some archive British comedy shows, and also includes a regularly updated news section. www.comedycentral.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

A TV listings website with a section called 'Channel Hopping' in which they review that evening's TV offerings. www.onthebox.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

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

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. tellyspotting.org

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

IMDb is a very useful resource in many cases. However, its coverage of British television of any particular age or obscurity is patchy at best and should not be relied on as accurate. Nevertheless, it contains information on a wide range of programmes and people. 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. Copyrighted material is often removed, but you can still normally find loads of videos of the more mainstream British comedies on the site. www.youtube.com

Also: BBC Comedy Extra
Broadcaster 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

OfferX is a well established prize site that operate free entry prize draws. They have a great range of prizes up for grabs, from the latest gadgets, to holidays or supermarket & high street vouchers. www.offerx.co.uk

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