1985 in British television

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This is a list of British television related events from 1985.

Contents

Events

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

Unknown

Debuts

BBC1

BBC2

BBC Alba

ITV

Channel 4

Sky Channel

Channels

New channels

DateChannel
2 June Mirrorvision
1 September Home Video Channel
29 SeptemberThe Arts Channel
30 October Lifestyle
20 December Bravo

Defunct channels

DateChannel
2 June The Entertainment Network

Television shows

Returning this year after a break of one year or longer

Continuing television shows

1920s

1930s

1940s

1950s

1960s

1970s

1980s

Ending this year

Births

Deaths

DateNameAgeCinematic Credibility
2 January Basil Bartlett 79actor and screenwriter
12 January Paul Luty 52actor ( Coronation Street , Love Thy Neighbour , Emmerdale , Rosie , In Loving Memory )
18 January Wilfrid Brambell [47] 72actor (Steptoe in Steptoe and Son )
29 January Chic Murray 65actor and comedian
5 February Neil McCarthy 52actor ( The Avengers , The Saint , Z-Cars , Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) , Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em , Only When I Laugh , Emmerdale )
14 February Eva Mottley 31actress ( Bergerac , Only Fools and Horses , Widows )
19 February Dorothy Black 85actress
9 March John Tudor Jones 81presenter
1 April Alec Clifton-Taylor 76presenter ( The Spirit of the Age , Six English Towns )
5 April Arthur Negus 82antiques expert
14 April Noele Gordon 65actress (Meg Mortimer in Crossroads )
21 April John Welsh 70actor ( The Duchess of Duke Street , Brideshead Revisited , Softly, Softly )
16 May Hugh Burden 72actor ( The Mind of Mr. J.G. Reeder , Sykes , The Avengers )
22 May Gerald Case 79-80actor
1 June Richard Greene 66actor ( The Adventures of Robin Hood )
7 June Gordon Rollings [48] 59actor and presenter ( Z-Cars , Charlie Moffett in Coronation Street , Play School )
9 June Clifford Evans 73actor ( The Avengers , The Saint , Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) , Codename )
24 June Valentine Dyall 77actor ( Secret Army , Doctor Who )
2 July Hector Nicol 64actor and comedian
16 July Elsie Wagstaff 86actress
18 July Robert Raglan 76actor (Colonel Pritchard in Dad's Army )
7 August Joanne Cole 51animator ( Bod , Fingerbobs , Gran )
21 August Maxwell Shaw 55actor
29 August Patrick Barr 77actor ( Doctor Who , Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) )
22 September Dickie Henderson 62presenter
30 October David Oxley 64actor
20 November Victor Henry 42actor
23 November Leslie Mitchell 80announcer
12 December Barry MacKay 79actor
23 December Philip Mackie 67screenwriter

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