Claim: Ian McCaskill, a weather presenter and motivational speaker, retired on July 31, 1998 before co-writing the book "Frozen in Time."
Evidence: Ian McCaskill (born John Robertson McCaskill; 28 July 1938 – 10 December 2016) was a BBC weatherman. He retired on 31 July 1998. McCaskill worked as a motivational speaker, and appeared on the BBC Television shows MasterChef and on Have I Got News for You, as well as in a number of TV advertisements. In 2006, he co-wrote the book Frozen in Time, about Britain's worst ever winters, with Paul Hudson.