In article ews.net,
Doctor Drivel wrote:
Baird was the first to transmit a recognisable picture through the air.
An undisputed fact I recall one TV programme (film clip of 1950s I
think) interviewing the man who was the first face on TV. He was boy
then. He was more interested that he got 5/- to sit there than the
picture.

Except that it wasn't through the air but via cable.

Baird never transmitted pictures 'through the air' The British
Broadcasting Company did it for him.

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*Ambition is a poor excuse for not having enough sense to be lazy *

Dave Plowman London SW
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