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
Simon O'Brien (presenter) planners". O'Brien was back on TV on BBC One from 5 September 2011, hosting the second series of "To Build or Not to Build". In 2014 O'Brien began presenting the TV reality series "My Dream Derelict Home". More recently O'Brien co-presents Channel 4 TV series 'Find it, Fix It, Flog it' alongside Henry Cole. Simon O'Brien (presenter) Simon O'Brien (19 June 1965, Garston, Liverpool, Lancashire) is a British television actor and radio presenter as well as a property developer. He came to prominence as the character Damon Grant in "Brookside", a role he played from the soap's launch in 1982