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
Peter Simon (presenter) Peter Simon (presenter) Peter Simon is an English shopping television presenter and former children's television personality. He is the patron of the Shin Splints organisation. Born Peter Thompson in Sheffield, Yorkshire, and living with his mother - a nurse in the local hospital - in a guest house next to a newsagent's in a poor part of the seaside town of Bridlington, East Yorkshire, Simon's career began at the age of 12, when he became a presenter for Yorkshire Television's "Junior Showtime". In his early career, Simon was the first actor to play the role of Ronald McDonald on British