1985 in Scottish television

This is a list of events in Scottish television from 1985.

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.

March

 * No events.

April

 * April – Grampian Television introduces a new computerised logo.

May

 * No events.

June

 * No events.

July

 * No events.

August

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

September

 * No events.

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.

November

 * No events.

December

 * No events.

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