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In Touch, Radio Four's regular weekly programme for visually impaired people, is 50 next month. It hardly seems possible, or indeed that I've been presenting it for almost 40 of those years, but we intend to give the old dear a really good party.

On Tuesday 4th October we are recording an hour-long programme in Broadcasting House, London. The idea is not just to celebrate the programme, but the achievements of blind and partially sighted people during its lifetime. We'll be featuring some of the startling changes which have occurred over the past half-century; two people will be comparing experiences; one who lost her sight in the early 60s, just as the programme was starting out and another who has only recently become blind

We'll be looking back at the controversy surrounding the start of the programme, and the arguments at the time about what it should be called, and indeed whether it was needed at all. We'll also be welcoming a range of guests who've made their marks in a number of fields: writer and creator of Adrian Mole, Sue Townsend, humorist Denis Norden, Ryan Kelly, probably better known to you as Jazzer in the Archers, with music from opera singer Denise Leigh. And we hope to have a few more surprises up our sleeves come the day itself.

I'll be presenting the show, which should be great fun and we hope the audience will play a full part in the festivities. There are still some tickets left for the event. To get them you can click here or call the Ö÷²¥´óÐã Action line on 0800 044 044. Please let us know if you plan to bring a guide dog or if have any mobility requirements. Doors will be open at 1800 and recording starts at 1930. Hope to meet you there.

Peter White presents In Touch and You and Yours on Ö÷²¥´óÐã Radio 4

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