1985 in Scottish television

Events

January

• 4 January – The last 405-line transmissions take place in Scotland. The switch-off sees the ending of television signals being radiated from the Kirk o' Shotts transmitting station.

February

• 18 February – BBC One Scotland changes its name back to BBC 1 Scotland.

April

• April – Grampian Television introduces a new computerised logo.

August

• 31 August – Scottish Television changes its "STV" logo to the computerised "thistle" design.

October

• October – Increased funding for programmes in Gaelic results in the introduction of a weekday 20-minute morning slot of Gaelic children's programmes on BBC One Scotland. The programmes are generally shown in term-time before Play School, starting at 10:10am.

October

• 2 November – Scottish Television announce that Gus Macdonald will take up the post of director of programmes

Television series

• Scotsport (1957–2008)
• Reporting Scotland (1968–1983; 1984–present)
• Top Club (1971–1998)
• Scotland Today (1972–2009)
• Sportscene (1975–present)
• The Beechgrove Garden (1978–present)
• Grampian Today (1980–2009)
• Take the High Road (1980–2003)
• Now You See It (1981–1986)
• Taggart (1983–2010)
• Crossfire on Grampian (1984–2004)
• City Lights (1984–1991)

Births

• 20 March – Phil MacHugh, television presenter

Deaths

• 26 January – Chic Murray, 65, comedian and actor

References

References

1. "40th anniversary of the end of 405 - a look at a 1969 Ferguson 3649 using the Thorn 981 chassis".
2. [https://tv-live.co.uk/tv-presentation/itv/itv-regions/grampian/ TV Live - Grampian]
3. (3 July 2004). "Fifty years on, STV set for studio switch". The Scotsman.
4. (2 November 1985). "Next week". [[The Glasgow Herald]].
5. (17 November 2016). "BBC Sport in Black and White". Springer.
6. (6 August 2025). "Sportscene at 50: Famous faces back for anniversary".
7. (13 February 2020). "Performing Scottishness: Enactment and National Identities". Springer Nature.
8. (14 October 2016). "Contemporary British Television Crime Drama: Cops on the Box". Taylor & Francis.
9. (30 April 2020). "A look back at classic Glasgow comedy show City Lights".