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.
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. ==References==