People are already speculating about a name for our new town hall / arts centre - so let me make an early pitch for John ...

John Logie Baird (1888-1946) applied for a patent for a mechanical television in 1923. He ran successful experiments in transmitting images in 1926, and in 1930 he worked with the British ...

As one of the pioneers of television, John Logie Baird has been written about a great deal over the years. The image we get from these accounts is of an unworldly, somewhat lonely figure dedicated ...

Walk around Soho and Covent Garden and one name pops up time and time again. John Logie Baird, Scottish-born inventor of television, seems to have broadcast his achievements to half the streets in the ...

A new guide to TV programmes which have either been filmed in Scotland or have Scottish links has been dedicated to John Logie Baird. The Helensburgh-born inventor became the first person to ...

Scientists and inventors were racing to work out how to combine them into television. John Logie Baird created the first prototype from four inventions from other people (all described ...

How John Logie Baird's mechanical television showed the way, but ultimately to a dead end. Humanity’s deep desire for connection means the idea of seeing images at a distance has a long history.