Grant Abbot has a great beginner playlist that will take you through creating a couple of characters, objects lighting and texture. I have completed his tutorials, he give clear instructions that are easy to follow and give you challenges to practice your skills.
Highly recommened
Blender Guru is one of the best Blender set of tutorials on You Tube. This beignners tutorial will give you a good basic introduction to the interface and give you some of the command shortcuts.
Great tutorials but can be complex. Recommended for those who are really getting to grips with Blender.
A great introduction to Blender, covers a lot of things, you will want to bookmark this for future reference.
Timestamps:
Navigation 00:26
Selection 01:20
Delete objects 01:44
Add objects 01:58
3D cursor 02:13
Duplicate objects 02:54
Move, rotate, scale 03:10
Edit mode 03:58
Extrude 04:34
Inset 05:11
Bevel 05:32
Loop cut and slide 06:18
Wire frame and X ray 06:58
Materials 07:34
Lighting 08:40
Camera and rendering 09:54