Stephen Herbert trained as a media technician, and spent many years in film exhibition and production. His interest in the origins of the moving image led to Stephen co-editing the influential book and website Who’s Who of Victorian Cinema, and contributions to academic journals. He ran the small press The Projection Box, and has recently retired as a freelance museum consultant.

• Part 1: Dreams and Experiments: Introduction. Fantasies and Predictions, and the First Proposals For a Practical System. Part 2: Early Successes. Television Becomes a Reality: The Firt Successful Experiments. Letters, John Logie Baird/Will Day. Items from Nature, 1925-27. Items from Science and Invention, 1928. Part 3: Broadcasting Begins. Experimental Transmissions. Practical Television E. T. Larner. Items from the early years of Television agazine, 1928-34.