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
Moab, Utah location for film and television. In the 1995 film "Canadian Bacon", Moab is one of the launch locations for American missiles on the Hacker Hellstorm. The course for the pod races in "" (1999) is a computer-generated imagery montage of Moab area landmarks, including Angel Arch. The 2010 film "127 Hours", based on the true story of Aron Ralston, was shot in the vicinity of Moab. Moab has also been in several TV shows, such as: Conor Oberst's self-titled album includes a song entitled "Moab". Moab, Utah Moab is a city on the southwestern edge of Grand County in eastern