1985 in Scottish television
This is a list of events in Scottish television from 1985.
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
- Reporting Scotland
- Top Club
- Scotland Today
- Sportscene
- The Beechgrove Garden
- Grampian Today
- Take the High Road
- Now You See It
- Taggart
- Crossfire on Grampian
- ''City Lights''
Births
- 20 March – Phil MacHugh, television presenter
Deaths
- 26 January – Chic Murray, 65, comedian and actor