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Published on 20 June 2011

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John Logie Baird: thinking outside the box

To mark the completion of digital switchover in Scotland, Iain Baird, Curator of Television at the National Media Museum, celebrates the pioneering work of his grandfather, Helensburgh's John Logie Baird - the first person in the world to demonstrate a working television system. Slideshow by Gill Davies.

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Thanks to the National Media Museum, Helensburgh Heritage Trust, BBC VT Archives & the Baird family.

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Baird Television (bairdtelevision.com)
Royal Television Society (rts.org.uk)
History of BBC Videotape Department (vtoldboys.com)
Helensburgh Heritage Trust (helensburgh-heritage.co.uk)
John Logie Baird Collection at Hasting Museum (hmag.org.uk)

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