New player in the UK: Long-time CRPG player that's wanted to get into TTRPGs for about 16 years

Game: D&D 5e
Group preferred: Either - but for face-to-face it'd have to be in or very close to Birmingham, UK. Ideally in the city centre or in the SW (around Bournville/Selly Oak/Edgbaston, etc).
Experience: I've bought and read source books before but my entire experience with TT is me and a friend, me DMing, doing a very simple and quick Pathfinder dungeon crawl. I do have a lot of experience with computer RPGs, though. Going back to BG1 almost 20 years ago, then everything in between from NWN/Torment/IWD up to more recent series like Original Sin and Pillars of Eternity.
Location/Timezone: UK, GMT/BST
Availability: Pretty much whenever. I tend to stay up late.
Preferred role: Player
Game style: Honestly, any kind of experience would be more than welcome. I love the idea of really becoming the character, but would also find it fun to dungeon crawl. I think the preferred one overall would be like how it is in Critical Role where they do legit RPing but don't shy away from talking OoC, where the tone is a nice balance of hardcore and casual, like it's taken seriously but the DM will kind of bend the rules where appropriate.