1985 in Scottish television
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This is a list of events in Scottish television from 1985.
Events
January
- 4 January – The last 405-line transmissions take place in Scotland.[1] 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.[2]
August
- 31 August – Scottish Television changes its "STV" logo to the computerised "thistle" design.[3]
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 10:10 am.
October
- 2 November – Scottish Television announce that Gus Macdonald will take up the post of director of programmes[4]
Television series
- Scotsport (1957–2008)[5]
- Reporting Scotland (1968–1983; 1984–present)
- Top Club (1971–1998)
- Scotland Today (1972–2009)
- Sportscene (1975–present)[6]
- The Beechgrove Garden (1978–present)
- Grampian Today (1980–2009)
- Take the High Road (1980–2003)[7]
- Now You See It (1981–1986)
- Taggart (1983–2010)[8]
- Crossfire on Grampian (1984–2004)
- City Lights (1984–1991)[9]
Births
- 20 March – Phil MacHugh, television presenter
Deaths
- 26 January – Chic Murray, 65, comedian and actor