From this site John Logie Baird broadcast the first television programme in Great Britain on the 30 September 1929.
The Royal Television Society
WC2, Long Acre, 132
The plaque is on number 132 but Seven Dials and Research Gate say his flat/studio was at number 133, to the left (west) of the site of the plaque.
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John Logie Baird & Television broadcast
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John Logie Baird & Television broadcast
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