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John Logie Baird
A wireless with pictures.
Initially called 'The televisor', Baird first demonstrated his televison set in 1926. This programme traces the history of his invention and includes extracts of interviews with William Taynton, the office boy who became the first ever person to be televised and the voice of Logie Baird himself.
Picture: John Logie Baird, Credit: Getty Images
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