Desert Island Discs

Martin Bell

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This week Sue Lawley's castaway is Martin Bell, who, after a distinguished career as a BBC foreign correspondent, became the Independent MP for Tatton in 1997. With politics now behind him, he tastes life on a mythical desert island.

[Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of Desert Island Discs]

Favourite track: Amazing Grace by Royal Scots Dragoon Guards

Book: Corduroy (his father's first book) by Adrian Bell
Luxury: A barrel of Adnam's Ale brewed in Suffolk

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