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, 132-3
The plaque is on number 132 but and 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 WC2 - Long Acre
John Logie Baird demonstrated the world's first mechanical television system ...
Born in "The Lodge" in Helensburgh, near Glasgow. Inventor of mechanical tele...
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John Logie Baird WC2 - Long Acre
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