1985 in Scottish television

Overview of the events of 1985 in Scottish television

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

Events

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.

31 August – Scottish Television changes its "STV" logo to the computerised "thistle" design.^[2]

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.

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)^[3]
Now You See It (1981–1986)
Taggart (1983–2010)^[4]
Crossfire on Grampian (1984–2004)
City Lights (1984–1991)^[5]

^ TV Live - Grampian
^ "Fifty years on, STV set for studio switch". The Scotsman. 3 July 2004. Retrieved 28 April 2012.
^ 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.