  We have recently begun a search for Classical Novae in M31 using three years
of multicolour data taken by the POINT-AGAPE microlensing collaboration with
the 2.5m Isaac Newton Telescope (INT) on La Palma. This is a pilot program
leading to the use of the Liverpool Telescope (LT) to systematically search for
and follow novae of all speed classes in external galaxies to distances up to
around 5Mpc.
