Editing John Logie Baird (section)

==Honours and portrayals==
[[File:JOHN LOGIE BAIRD 1888-1946 Television pioneer lived here.jpg|thumb|upright|Blue plaque erected by Greater London Council at 3 Crescent Wood Road, Sydenham, London]]
Australian television's [[Logie Award]]s were named in honour of John Logie Baird's contribution to the invention of the television.

Baird became the only posthumous subject of ''[[This Is Your Life (British TV series)|This Is Your Life]]'' when he was honoured by [[Eamonn Andrews]] at the BBC Television Theatre in 1957.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Smith |first1=Nick |title=Late great engineers: John Logie Baird- the founding father of television |url=https://www.theengineer.co.uk/content/in-depth/late-great-engineers-john-logie-baird-the-founding-father-of-television/ |work=The Engineer |date=6 September 2023 |language=en}}</ref>

In 2014, the [[Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers]] (SMPTE) inducted Logie Baird into The Honor Roll, which "posthumously recognizes individuals who were not awarded Honorary Membership during their lifetimes but whose contributions would have been sufficient to warrant such an honor".<ref>{{cite web|title=SMPTE® Announces 2014 Honorees and Award Winners|publisher=Society of Motion Picture & Television Engineers|url=https://www.smpte.org/news-events/news-releases/2014honorsandawards|access-date=10 November 2014|ref=31|archive-date=5 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181005053219/https://www.smpte.org/news-events/news-releases/2014honorsandawards|url-status=dead}}</ref>

In 2023, John MacKay portrayed John Logie Baird in both the [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]] series ''[[Nolly (TV series)|Nolly]]'' and the ''[[Doctor Who]]'' episode "[[The Giggle]]".<ref>{{Cite web |title=Doctor Who confirms further castings for 60th anniversary specials {{!}} Radio Times |url=https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/sci-fi/doctor-who-60th-anniversary-further-cast-newsupdate/ |access-date=2024-10-12 |website=www.radiotimes.com |language=en-GB}}</ref>