I recently discovered online film scene, though, and it's fantastic. Short films, up to about 20mins in length, just posted online for all to download. Many of them are better than professionally produced, high-budget TV shows that stream so liberally to your TV box. Every one is a labor of love, so even when production values aren't high you know that someone has poured themselves into product, which brings satisfaction beyond that of watching some stale TV show now into it's 19th series and just churning out money makers.

Cartoons were my first port of call. It's been a long time since I've been awake and free early enough in morning to watch some animated entertainment (and besides that, cartoons on TV now are largely trash). A friend introduced me to my first online cartoon, enormously popular and hilarious Homestar Runner (http://www.homestarrunner.com). This site is fantastic. There are longish cartoons and games, with new ones being added every now and then, but main reason to visit and continue to return is a lovably vicious character named Strong Bad. The creators of web site answer roughly one email a week using this character that basically insults people in most hilarious ways possible. It's all quite family-friendly and is more than worth a bookmark.