Hi Gary and welcome, use the search facility on this forum you will find lots of advise, also look at government sites, the fact your wife overstayed her original visa might be a problem, I hope you can overcome this, others here will be able to give you more advise. Petes site is very infomative
here is a couple of links to get you started.
http://www.ukvisas.gov.uk/en/howtoapply/vafs
http://www.britishembassy.gov.uk/ser...=1029287532927
http://www.vfs-uk-ph.com/