Oliver Popplewell vice-chairman of the Parole Board, and a fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators. In 1975 he defended his godson Stephen Fry, who was 18 at the time, at his trial for credit card fraud. Popplewell and his wife had long been friends of Fry's parents. Stephen Fry writes about the event in his autobiography "Moab Is My Washpot". Following the fire at Valley Parade, the Bradford City stadium, on 11 May 1985, Popplewell was chosen to chair an inquiry held under the Safety of Sports Grounds Act 1975. Following this inquiry, he was chosen to chair a Committee of
Ed Hall (television presenter) Ed Hall (television presenter) Ed Hall (born 16 March 1974) in Ascot, Berkshire is a British television presenter best known for being a co-presenter on BBC daytime television show "To Buy or Not to Buy". He began his broadcast career as a reporter for "The Sunday Show". He has also presented the Channel 4 paintball show "XFire" and acted as an interviewer for the first two series of "Techno Games". Hall has one film credit, a bit part (bus driver) in the 2006 British movie short "Tug of War". Hall is credited with writing material for two television shows, The