Media panic as they try to contact famous author

The Home Office announced today that when the present passport contract expired, the new British passport would have a blue cover. They had warned the Media the day before that they would be making an announcement but would not divulge its content.

**Martin Lloyd talking to BBC Radio Scotland from Manchester.**

The media companies all converged on Martin Lloyd and fought for his time. BBC TV ‘Breakfast’ programme interviewed him live in Manchester at 07.00 followed by BBC TV News for a filmed interview for their 13.00, 18.00 & 22.00 news slots. He then gave interviews to Radios Leicester, Sussex, York, Coventry, Oxford, Guernsey, Cornwall, Devon and Scotland followed by a race to the railway station to catch the train back down to London and out to Osterley to be interviewed live on SKY TV News. Radio Five Live and Radio Four missed their slots.