There is an ever-increasing interest in the Python programming language. The reasons are multiple – it is a nice, English-readable high-level language (as opposed to, for example, C#). It is also easy to get up and running with it because it is bundled with IDLE. You can access a Python programming environment online, through wesbites such as CodeCademy, or Trinket. Finally, there are a large number of resources available to budding Python programmers.
Nevertheless, there seems to be a dearth of really tight, accessible videos that explain Python to the newbie – so Third Millennium Learning is launching a series of YouTube videos that do just that. The first two can be found here, and there will be plenty of updates as the weeks and months roll by: