Five facts you need to know about John Logie Baird. His first TV set was made of scissors, an old tea chest and some sealing wax. Jess Staufenberg. Tuesday 26 January 2016 09:25 GMT.

The original television model, invented by the Scottish television pioneer John Logie Baird, (1888 - 1946). Hulton Archive / Getty Images. By Lily Rothman. January 26, 2016 4:00 AM EST.

Google's Tuesday search homepage takeover commemorates the 90th anniversary of a hugely important moment in the history of television: the first mechanical TV demonstration. In addition to the ...

Inventor John Logie Baird and his first publicly demonstrated television system, with which he transmitted moving pictures March 25, 1925 at the London department store Selfridges. (Orrin Dunlap ...

John Logie Baird: the only person ... when Baird broadcast a television programme — the first ever — from his offices above 133 Long Acre. ... filmed and viewed in the same set of rooms.

TO the residents of a quiet street in Shipley, it was an ordinary morning in the autumn of 1929. But behind the front door of one house, history was… ...

Hastings is certainly the spot where John Logie Baird first showed a working television system to the public. But now, 100 years on, we can also say it was in Folkestone where his revolutionary ...

Stroll along Soho’s Frith Street and before long you’ll find a famous old café called Bar Italia. Look up and to the right of the first-floor window, and you’ll see a blue plaque put there by the ...

On July 3, 1928, the Scottish inventor John Logie Baird accomplished a monumental feat by demonstrating the world's first colour transmission. This groundbreaking achievement revolutionised the field ...

It was January 26, 1926 when John Logie Baird first demonstrated his working television set. Three years later came the decision that the BBC would broadcast regular television programmes, made by ...

The plaque he’s referring to states: “John Logie Baird 1888- 1946. The pioneer of television conducted some of his early experiments on these premises during 1924.” Read more!

Seeking to push the boundaries further, Baird set his sights on transmitting colour images. John Logie Baird demonstrates his 'televisor', c.1926 Bettmann Archive ...