In Touch is a programme on BBC Radio 4 airing "news, views and information for people who are blind or partially sighted".[1]
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History
Janet Quigley who had been promoted into BBC management in 1956 took a key role in launching the world's first national radio programme for blind people which was named In Touch.[2] In Touch began to be broadcast by the BBC Home Service in 1961, and was continued by BBC Radio 4 from 1967 with hosts including David Scott Blackhall and Peter White.
As of 2011, the programme is broadcast every Tuesday at 8:40pm UK time, and is 20 minutes in duration.[3]
References
- ^ BBC website
- ^ Paul Donovan, ‘Quigley, Janet Muriel Alexander (1902–1987)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 accessed 4 March 2017
- ^ BBC Radio 4 schedule
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