What a nice man that Frederick Forsyth is

He's much nicer than Bruce, anyway. I was watching 'Who wants to be a millionaire?' on Saturday evening, as a part of my exciting urban lifestyle, and Gloria Hunniford and Frederick Forsyth were on. They got to a question about Katy Sexton and which sport she competed in, and they used all three lifelines and still weren't sure. In the end, Forsyth said 'I want to go for 'c', and if I'm wrong, I'll make up the money to your charity.' Apparently the money Gloria's charity would have lost was £15,000. He's either very rich or very brave. Possibly very stupid. But I thought it was a touching gesture, and as a result of it, instead of leaving with £16,000, they're now on £125,000 (might even have been £250,000) each. The best bit seemed to be how easily Forsyth knew all the answers. For example, a question about the (something or other) sands was something no-one would casually happen to know. Forsyth, on being asked if he had any ideas by Tarrant replied 'I've camped out there. If you go to the such-and-such hotel in Muscat, the capital of Oman, and get friendly with the Sultan's private SAS regiment, then they'll take you out for a couple of days' camping'. To be so well travelled, to be so well versed...


Forsyth and sons diving off the coast of Oman. Presumably the £250,000 question will be "In what country is the Mussandam Peninsula?"