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
Published on Sunday, 15th July 2001.
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