BRADFORD has been home to many legends in all sort of different fields over the years and it is time to honour those who have made the biggest impact.
This is the eighth part of a regular series with the latest five inductees into who would be named in a Bradford Hall of Fame.
They can be people who were either born in the Bradford district, or made a huge name with an association to the city.
Why not leave your own suggestions in the comments section below, as you have done in previous weeks.
ANDREA DUNBAR
Andrea was a trailblazer in drama writing, who was hailed as a 'genius from the slums'.
She wrote her first play, The Arbor, as a CSE assignment in 1977. The play, about a Bradford schoolgirl who falls pregnant, premiered at London’s Royal Court Theatre in 1980. The youngest playwright to have her work staged there.
She is arguably best remembered for her second play, Rita, Sue and Bob Too. This is a comedy about two teenage babysitters romping with a married man. A film version was released in 1987.
The mother-of-three's final play, Shirley, about a girl’s stormy relationship with her mother, was, like her others, a semi-autobiographical account of life on Buttershaw estate.
Her life was cut short, aged just 29, by a brain haemorrhage after she collapsed in her local pub, The Beacon.
DUNCAN PRESTON
One of the nation's favourite TV comedy and drama actors of the last 40 years.
The Eccleshill-born actor starred alongside Victoria Wood in a string of her TV programmes of the 1980s and 90s, including Acorn Antiques and Dinnerladies.
The Bradford Bulls fan also appeared in Emmerdale for a number of years as Doug Potts and in Coronation Street as Dennis Stokes in 2004.
STEVE ABBOTT
The Bradford City-mad film producer's most famous credits include A Fish Called Wanda and Brassed Off.
Mr Abbott, who grew up in Barkerend and went to Bradford Grammar School, also produced Michael Palin’s TV travelogues.
A Bafta life member, he founded regional film agency Screen Yorkshire and has been chairman of Bradford UNESCO City of Film since the title was awarded in 2009.
But at the end of the latter's 10th anniversary year he stepped down from the role.
TIM BOOTH
The Bradford-born frontman is the lead singer of Indie band James.
The group are famous for hits including She's a Star and Sit Down, which reached number two in the UK charts.
He also played Batman villain Victor Zsasz in the 2005 film Batman Begins. Booth also voiced the character in the video game adaptation of the film.
He played a homecoming gig when James performed at the 2015 Bingley Music Live.
GARETH GATES
The West Bowling-born pop star made his name, finishing runner-up to Will Young in the 2001 series of Pop Idol.
Gates has sold more than 3.5 million records in the UK.
The 36-year-old moved into a career in musical theatre, appearing in shows including Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat in the West End.
Those already inducted are: Ces Podd, Jim Laker, Gary Havelock, Dean Harrison, Bobby Vanzie, Dean Richards, Rudi Leavor, Kiki Dee, Professor Mahendra Patel, John Wood, Marsha Singh, Chris Kamara, Trevor Foster, Barbara Castle, Tino Valdi, Adrian Moorhouse, Tasmin Archer, Dynamo, Timothy West, Javed Bashir, Fattorini Family, Ade Edmondson, Sir Ken Morrison, Ruby Bhatti, Adil Rashid, JB Priestley, Zayn Malik, Sarah Khan Bashir, Captain Sir Tom Moore, Margaret McMillan, Stuart McCall, David Hockney, Brian Noble, Sharon Beshenivsky, Jack Tordoff.
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