The following Royal Television Society publications are currently available for purchase. All prices include postage within the UK. To order please send your cheque made payable to the Royal Television Society, 5th Floor, Kildare House, 3 Dorset Rise, London, EC4Y 8EN


Sermons, Soap and Television: Autobiographical Notes by John Logie Baird, first published RTS 1988, 2nd revised edition 1990
ISBN 1 871527 00 7
The highly entertaining and well-written memoirs of John Logie Baird show him neither as the inept eccentric nor the brilliant scientist falling foul of the system as some chroniclers have depicted him, but a single-minded innovator, eventually subsumed by business practices in which he had little interest.
£4.75


From the Palace to the Grove by Michael Barry, first published RTS 1992
ISBN 1 877527 40 6
An informative personal study of the early days of television production spanning director and writer Michael Barry's first years working at the new BBC studios at Alexdandra Palace.
£4.75


AA Campbell Swinton by TH Bridgewater, first published RTS 1982, 4th edition 1993
The idea of a television system based entirely on electronic principles occurred to AA Campbell Swinton a quarter of a century before it was finally realised by EMI and adopted by the BBC in the 1930's. 'Distant Electric Vision' was only one of many subjects, which interested this prolific self-educated inventor and experimenter.
£3.75


The Early Development of Television Camera Tubes at EMI: some personal recollections by Dr James D McGee, first published RTS 2000
A disagreement had arisen as to the relative importance of EMI and RCA over the development of the tubes and McGee wanted to put the record straight. Here he records his own memories of his time at EMI working on the Emitron and Super Emitron cameras.
£1.00


The Evolution of the Domestic Television Receiver by Peter L. Mothersole, first published RTS 1988
ISBN 1 871527 10 4
An outline of the notable steps in the evolution of the domestic television receiver, together with the technological and system changes that influenced its design
£3.75


The Story of Scophony by Thomas Singleton, first published RTS 1988
ISBN 1 871527 05 8
Traces the story of the Scophony system of television - a story of high technical endeavour and achievement, offering great promise but flawed in the end by intrigue, as the race began to launch high definition telelvision in the 1930's.
£4.75


The Birth of British Television: Television Research at EMI 1933-39: some personal recollections by Dr Eric LC White, first published RTS 1999
This short monograph is a personal recollection of Dr White's years at EMI, from 1933-39. It includes important information on Shoenberg's contribution to the launching of the BBC.
£1.00