Today is said to be the most depressing day of the year. Known as 'Blue Monday', it's apparently the time when we feel the most gloomy after Christmas, we've broken our resolutions, the weather's horrible and we're all in debt.

If, like me, you want to combat the worst of the January blues I've come up with a bunch of things that'll cheer you up. Best of all, they won't cost you a thing!

Ever fancied being in the audience of your favourite TV show? Well you can, and it won't cost you a penny! Simply apply for tickets online and wait to hear if you get lucky.

Check out ApplauseStore for Britain's Got Talent, Big Brother, The X Factor and The Sunday Night Project. The BBC has tickets for loads of its TV and radio shows. You can see Deal or No Deal or head to Lost In TV for Who Wants To Be A Millionaire, The Paul O'Grady Show and more. SRO Audiences has tickets for The Alan Titchmarsh Show, Orange Unsigned Act, Golden Balls, Countdown and Ant and Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway – to mention just a few. And for the award winning Harry Hill's TV Burp head to TVRecordings.

If you're under 26 you can go to the theatre for free courtesy of the Arts Council. Check out A Night Less Ordinary to see what's on in your area. Right now you can even go and see the RSC's performance of Twelfth Night completely free!

You can go to the cinema for free by signing up to SeeFilmFirst. They'll email you a code when free screenings are available, then you'll just need to enter the code on the home page. It's first come first served though, so you'll need to be quick!

Get £100 for nothing! Just as an added extra, I though I'd mention that the Alliance & Leicester deal is back. Switch to their Premier Current account and they'll give 100 quid! Plus the account offers you an interest free overdraft of up to £2,500 for year, free annual multi-trip European travel insurance and the chance to win a VIP holiday to Italy including tickets to the Italian Grand Prix!