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.
Television series
- Scotsport (1957–2008)[4]
- Reporting Scotland (1968–1983; 1984–present)
- Top Club (1971–1998)
- Scotland Today (1972–2009)
- Sportscene (1975–present)[5]
- The Beechgrove Garden (1978–present)
- Grampian Today (1980–2009)
- Take the High Road (1980–2003)[6]
- Now You See It (1981–1986)
- Taggart (1983–2010)[7]
- Crossfire on Grampian (1984–2004)
- City Lights (1984–1991)[8]
Births
- 20 March – Phil MacHugh, television presenter
Deaths
- 26 January – Chic Murray, 65, comedian and actor
See also
References
- ^ "40th anniversary of the end of 405 - a look at a 1969 Ferguson 3649 using the Thorn 981 chassis". YouTube.
- ^ TV Live - Grampian
- ^ "Fifty years on, STV set for studio switch". The Scotsman. 3 July 2004. Retrieved 28 April 2012.
- ^ Haynes, Richard (17 November 2016). BBC Sport in Black and White. Springer. p. 1. ISBN 978-1-137-45501-7.
- ^ "Sportscene at 50: Famous faces back for anniversary". BBC Sport. 6 August 2025. Archived from the original on 11 August 2025. Retrieved 20 August 2025.
- ^ Brown, Ian (13 February 2020). Performing Scottishness: Enactment and National Identities. Springer Nature. p. 194. ISBN 978-3-030-39407-3.
- ^ McElroy, Ruth (14 October 2016). Contemporary British Television Crime Drama: Cops on the Box. Taylor & Francis. p. 27. ISBN 978-1-317-16096-0.
- ^ Williams, Craig (30 April 2020). "A look back at classic Glasgow comedy show City Lights". GlasgowLive. Retrieved 24 May 2022.