British TV programmes on You Tube.

Great advice! :-)

I believe Detectorists is now on YouTube.

I have been watching Time Team on YouTube for a few years, and there are even new episodes!

If you want actual news, Channel 4 News can be found on youtube. While they don't stream live, they publish a lot.

I think BBC News is the one thing that's free to watch live worldwide on iPlayer. I still rate the BBC as a fairly unbiased source of news. The coverage of worldwide news is better than most US networks I think. They receive criticism from both ends of the political spectrum at times, so that can only be a good thing.

BBC Radio might be something you'd enjoy if you want to get a flavour of the UK. I think there may be some access internationally?

Radio 1 is young people pop.
Radio 2 is ahem... mature people pop and rock.
Radio 3 is classical.
Radio 4 is general music and entertainment with a varied schedule.
Radio 5Live is rolling news and sports with commentary.
6Music is an eclectic music mix.

The BBC Sounds app might be worth installing in the US to see what you can access. I've been listening to the "Up All Night" show on 5Live for 20+ years as a night owl. It's a good international news and features show at a relaxed pace that may suit US time zones if you can hear it.

I’m curious if Acorn TV is an option in the UK?

I had never heard of Acorn TV until now. From what I read, I think there's a lot of content that would be available elsewhere in the UK. You'd still be able to use it in the UK if you have a subscription in the US.

University Challenge (trivia) is on Youtube. Quite addictive.

Richard Osman's House of Games is on YouTube. It's a fun show to play along with.

If you like the intellectual rigour of University Challenge, you may enjoy "Only Connect". Here's a link to a playlist of an older season, see how you get on copyright-wise in your region for viewing it.

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_SFzP4-t67J5w4bNIgdI5I19VzPVwjYd&si=6hEp3-9GNrz9I7jG

QI can also be found on YouTube, although you can find many season on BritBox if you have that. I love watching those shows, and usually am laughing myself silly by the end of them. :-) Although be careful where you watch it. My 10 year old granddaughter once walked in while I had it on, and said, "Oma, did you know they're talking about penises?"

Ooo, you are awful, Mardee.......but I like you. (Dick Emery)

Ha ha, thanks, Gundersen! I do like the British sense of humor. :-)

I’ll watch French and Saunders on YouTube.

Brilliant comedy.

"BBC Radio might be something you'd enjoy if you want to get a flavour of the UK. I think there may be some access internationally?"

It is. There is also a great app called myTuner Radio - it gives you access to multiple UK and European stations, not only national but also regional. I use it quite often to stay up to date on UK news

BBC can be stingy with what you can watch online (they do a newcast each day for PBS), but Skynews has an app that I've installed on my Roku and tablets and you can watch their live news feed at any time. They have an interesting feature where they gather up all the national newspapers each morning and discuss the headlines. At the top of each other they are apparently running commercials in the UK so they run a global weather cast for several minutes, interesting to see how temperatures compare.

You can also usually watch France 24 and DW News on the internets, FWIW.