Pat invest in a good cable. Buy one on ebay if you do a little research first, You will then find one on there.

Re your telly programs in respect of English TV. Why not try the site below it all worked a few minutes ago when I tried it great picture for standard output.Also at the bottom you have your radio channels from the BBC. It's simple just click on the logo for the channel you want to watch and there you are.It's all Filmon but much easier  :) Appears not to work if you use an Opera browser but is fine with chrome. It just seems to give a better filmon picture so worth a try.

http://live.camposat.tv/

Or why not try...

https://www.mobdro.com/

The above mobdro is fantastic just download the small app from the website and away you go all the UK and USA telly together with loads from around the world for free.