Description John Logie Baird was Scottish engineer, innovator, and one of the inventors of the mechanical television. He demonstrated the first working television system on January 26, 1926, and was the inventor of the first publicly demonstrated color television system. In 1928 the Baird Television Development Company achieved the first transatlantic television transmission. About the Author Pauline Francis was a teacher and librarian before becoming a full-time writer. She writes books for children and young people.