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

An regularly updated online magazine focusing on comedy in the North-East. With interviews, features and reviews and more. Lots of news scoops too. www.gigglebeats.co.uk

A website that mixes together comedy news, reviews, videos and more. We particularly enjoy some of their more quirky features - like their Comedy Cooking shows. www.suchsmallportions.com

A lovely looking website featuring exclusive comedy related videos. Lots of comedian interviews and some comedy shows too. www.comcomedy.com

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

Chortle covers the British stand-up scene in quite some depth and with a lot of knowledge. It also publishes some TV news stories. www.chortle.co.uk

Other TV news sites: Media Guardian, Digital Spy, Broadcast Now

A fairly new website, but one which is already publishing a lot of stuff. Its focus tends to be on comedians who are touring the UK. comedychords.com

The UK comedy section of the well known blogging website is pretty active. Huffpost have got lots of writers, and also does things like a round-up of the best jokes on Twitter. www.huffingtonpost.co.uk

A blog about live stand-up and sketch comedy run by a student. Includes podcast interviews with up-and-coming acts. comedyblogedy.com

A very active blog which talks about the activities of comedians related to the world of The Mighty Boosh. thevelvetonion.com

A blog published by top UK comedy journalist Bruce Dessau. Various articles, interviews and reviews linked to TV and live stand-up. beyondthejoke.co.uk

A blog from a gentleman called John Fleming. He posts about comedy once a day, every day. Posts are often about Malcolm Comedy, Kate Copstick, Bob Slayer, Janey Godley, Lewis Schaffer and his other close friends. thejohnfleming.wordpress.com

Comedy articles from Scottish based publication The List. Includes reviews of films and stand-up shows. www.list.co.uk

Gig listings for London, plus the occassional interview, feature and review too written by Ben Williams. www.timeout.com

A website that started life as a Chris Morris fan site but now also features a general (busy) message board and a podcast. www.cookdandbombd.co.uk

A satirical website which has a habit of creating viral hits, like their Daily Mail version of the tube map and the 'The Nick Clegg Apology Song'. www.thepoke.co.uk

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

A London-based satirical website, with a writers who aim to deliver riffs off the news... as well as just all out weirdness. www.newsfoxsatire.com

An occassionally published comedy magazine, featuring interviews, cartoons and other original content. Sadly it's the only printed comedy magazine still going. Their interviews are very in-depth. www.mustardweb.org

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

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

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

The people at digital channel Dave clearly love comedy. Their website features details on the shows they broadcast, plus a comedy-related podcast, quizzes and more. 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

The brilliant charity setup and run by comedians which has raised hundreds of millions of pounds. Red Nose Day is every other year in March. They create memorable sketches and shows and raise lots of money in the process. www.comicrelief.com

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. You already know this right? 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

Online Catch-Up Players: BBC iPlayer, ITV Player, Channel 4's 4oD

An independent media directory for the UK. This site lists technical signal 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

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