In Touch (BBC Radio 4 programme)
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In Touch is a programme on BBC Radio 4 airing "news, views and information for people who are blind or partially sighted
".
In Touch began to be broadcast by the BBC Home Service
in 1961, and was continued by BBC Radio 4
from 1967.
As of 2011, the programme is broadcast every Tuesday at 8:40pm UK time
, and is 20 minutes in duration.
Visual impairment
Visual impairment is vision loss to such a degree as to qualify as an additional support need through a significant limitation of visual capability resulting from either disease, trauma, or congenital or degenerative conditions that cannot be corrected by conventional means, such as refractive...
".
In Touch began to be broadcast by the BBC Home Service
BBC Home Service
The BBC Home Service was a British national radio station which broadcast from 1939 until 1967.-Development:Between the 1920s and the outbreak of The Second World War, the BBC had developed two nationwide radio services, the BBC National Programme and the BBC Regional Programme...
in 1961, and was continued by BBC Radio 4
BBC Radio 4
BBC Radio 4 is a British domestic radio station, operated and owned by the BBC, that broadcasts a wide variety of spoken-word programmes, including news, drama, comedy, science and history. It replaced the BBC Home Service in 1967. The station controller is currently Gwyneth Williams, and the...
from 1967.
As of 2011, the programme is broadcast every Tuesday at 8:40pm UK time
Time in the United Kingdom
The United Kingdom uses Greenwich Mean Time or Western European Time and British Summer Time or Western European Summer Time .-History:...
, and is 20 minutes in duration.