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Television - colloquially known as TV or the telly - is nowadays so popular that it is hard to believe that the first acceptable televised pictures were transmitted only about a half of a century ago. A pioneer team working at Hayes, Middlesex, were the first to produce what is known as "high definition television" which gives pictures of moving objects clear enough to be enjoyed as entertainment.