Hi canasta. Hopefully, the first few posts on the forum I've linked to here might help. As with anything to do with Sky, it seems more complicated than it needs to be!
Yes you should be able to get some and some others that are not on freeview. All in digital.
You should get all the bbc and itv channels, channel 4 & 5
Sky news, Bravo, movies for men 1 & 2, horror movies, this is another one I think but can't think what it is called.
You cannot get much more, but then there is not much more that are any good, but if you like uk gold, the history channel and discovery, I suggest you buy a once payment Sky card.