Martin Bell , journalist and former MP, tells the story of his remarkable father, the essayist, novelist and country writer Adrian Bell , who not only invented the Times crossword, but also compiled it for 50 years. In 1920
Adrian Bell left London to become a farmer's apprentice in Suffolk and spent most of the rest of his life as a dedicated countryman. His semi-autobiographical novel trilogy Corduroy, Silver Ley and The Cherry Tree became a classic of 20th-century rural writing. Producer ivan Howlett