MAN OF
THE YEAR
AWARD
- Peter Elliott MBE 1989
- Duncan Walker 1990
- Lord Merlyn Rees 1991
- Lord Healey of Riddlesden 1992
- Alan Ayckbourn 1993
- Sir Marcus Fox MP 1995
- Harold ‘Dickie’ Bird MBE 1996
- Alan Titchmarsh 1997
- Michael Parkinson 1998
- Kevin Keegan 1999
- Michael Palin CBE 2000
- Patrick Stewart CBE 2001
- Sean Bean 2002
- Richard Whiteley 2003
- Lord Kirkham 2004
- Alan Hinkes 2005
- David Jones 2006
- John Sentamu (Archbishop of York) 2007
- Sir Rodney Walker 2008
- Lance Bombardier Ben Parkinson 2009
- Marco Pierre White 2010
- Brian Blessed 2011
- Lord Coe KBE 2012
- Harry Gration MBE 2013
- Gary Verity 2014
- Lord Hague of Richmond PC FRSL 2015
- Prof. Lord Patel of Bradford OBE 2016
- Tom Riordan 2017
WOMAN OF
THE YEAR
AWARD
- HRH Duchess of Kent 1989
- Marti Caine 1990
- Jean Rook (posthumous) 1991
- Betty Boothroyd MP 1992
- Elizabeth Peacock MP 1993
- Jan Fletcher 1994
- Rita Britton 1995
- Liz Dawn 1996
- Judith Donovan 1997
- Jane McDonald 1998
- Prunella Scales 1999
- Lesley Garrett 2000
- Kathy Staff 2001
- Linda Barker 2002
- Nell McAndrew 2003
- Jane Tomlinson 2004
- Kay Mellor 2005
- Jane Tomlinson 2006
- Dianne Thompson CBE 2007
- Jilly Cooper OBE 2008
- Kimberley Walsh 2009
- Barbara Taylor-Bradford 2010
- Maureen Lipman CBE 2011
- Michelle Ping 2012
- Katherine Kelly 2013
- Helen Worth 2014
- Rosemary Shrager 2015
- Sharon Watson 2016
- Ann Hough 2017
SPORTING
ACHIEVEMENT
AWARD
- Mick Kill 1993
- Darren Gough 1994
- Garry Schofield OBE 1995
- David Seaman 1996
- Danny Wilson 1997
- The Sheffield Eagles 1998
- Jonathan Woodgate 1999
- Douglas Lampkin 2000
- Kevin Darley 2001
- David Byas 2002
- Michael Vaughan 2003
- Jason Robinson & Mike Tindall 2004
- Michael Vaughan & Matthew Hoggard 2005
- Neil Warnock 2006
- Adil Rashid 2007
- Phil Brown 2008
- Jessica Ennis 2009
- Howard Webb 2010
- Sarah Stevenson 2011
- Danielle Brown 2012
- Alistair Brownlee 2012
- Jonathan Brownlee 2012
- Hannah Cockcroft & Nicola Wilson 2012
- Sue Smith 2013
- Kell Brook 2014
- Joe Root 2015
- Hannah Cockcroft MBE 2016
- Ryan Sidebottom 2017
BUSINESS
ENTERPRISE
AWARD
- Vivien Duffield 1992
- Pioneer Electronics 1993
- Pace Electronics 1994
- Kostal UK 1995
- V.A.W. West Yorkshire Foundries 1996
- Ventura 1997
- Wensleydale Creamery 1998
- Richmond Foods 1999
- Kingston Communications 2000
- Toyoda Gosel UK Ltd 2001
- Esteem Systems plc 2002
- Park Plaza Leeds 2003
- Spice Holdings 2004
- Keepmoat plc 2005
- Severfield-Rowen plc 2006
- Cranswick plc 2007
- Arnold Laver Ltd 2008
- Mamas & Papas 2009
- ASDA 2010
- Arla Foods 2011
- Go Outdoors 2012
- Wm Morrison Supermarkets plc 2013
- Vp plc 2014
- Howarth Timber 2015
- Karro Food Group 2016
- Willerby Limited 2017
ARTS &
ENTERTAINMENT
AWARD
- Sir Ernest Hall 1992
- Nicholas Page 1993
- Roy Castle (posthumous) 1994
- Jude Kelly 1995
- Ashley Jackson 1996
- Roy Clarke 1997
- Kay Mellor 1998
- Willis Hall & Keith Waterhouse 1999
- John Godber 2000
- Gaynor Faye 2001
- Jude Kelly 2002
- Bill Maynard 2003
- Clare Teal 2004
- Sir Alan Ayckbourn 2005
- Chris Moyles 2006
- G P Taylor 2007
- The Kaiser Chiefs 2008
- Simon Beaufoy 2009
- Marke Herbert 2010
- Clare Teal 2011
- Grimethorpe Colliery Band 2012
- Billy Pearce 2013
- Reece Dinsdale 2014
- Simon Armitage CBE 2015
- Kelvin Fletcher 2016
- Huddersfield Choral Society 2017
LIFETIME
ACHIEVEMENT
AWARD
- Michael Clegg 1992
- Lawrence Batley 1993
- Ken Morrison 1994
- Victor Watson 1995
- Earl of Harewood KBE 1996
- Rt. Hon Lord Mason 1997
- Prof. Tom Kilburn FRS CB 1998
- Lord Brian Rix 1999
- Arnold Ziff OBE 2000
- Baroness Betty Boothroyd 2001
- Ian Carmichael 2002
- Dr Fanny Waterman CBE 2003
- Barry Cryer 2004
- Brian Turner 2005
- Ashley Jackson 2006
- Paul Sykes 2007
- Jonathan Wild 2008
- Balbir Panesar 2009
- Dr Ingrid Roscoe 2010
- Sir Bernhard Ingham 2011
- John Godber 2012
- Linda Pollard CBE 2013
- Dame Judi Dench CH DBE 2014
- Sir David Wootton 2015
- Gary Hetherington 2016
- Dickie Bird OBE 2017
COMMUNITY
HERO
AWARD
- Joan Allen (NSPCC) 1998
- Dr John Rayner (Yorkshire Wildlife Trust) 1999
- Audrey Farnell (Federation of Disability Sport) 2000
- Douglas Thomson (Manorlands Hospice) 2001
- Sheila Miller (St Gemma’s Hospice) 2002
- Bill Exley (Huddersfield Royal Infirmary) 2003
- Martin Duffield 2004
- Donna Jones 2005
- Inderpal Randhawa 2006
- Ann Humberstone 2007
- Ernest and Elizabeth Hibbert 2008
- Val Lepadat 2009
- Claire Wood 2010
- Sue King 2011
- Sam Oldroyd 2012
- Mike Collins 2013
- Adrian Woods MBE 2014
- Shephen Shippey 2015
- Bob Smith 2016
- Colin Findley 2017
SPECIAL
AWARD
- PC Ken Moss 1993
- Paul Williams 1994
- Richard Whiteley 1995
- John Charles 2001
- Jane Tomlinson 2002
- Gareth Gates 2002
- Mike Tomlinson 2003
- The ‘Calendar Girls’ 2003
- Jane Tomlinson 2007
- Cyril Villiers MBE 2012
- Joan Villiers 2012
- Craig Wood 2013
- Jonny Mitchell 2014
- Chris Leach MBE 2016
- Manchester City Council 2017
RICHARD
WHITELEY
AWARD
- Sir Paul Fox 2005
- Sharon Beshenivsky (posthumous) 2006
- The Velcade Three 2007
- (Jacky Pickles, Janice Wrigglesworth, Marie Morton)
- Adrian Sudbury (posthumous) 2008
- Diane Dernie 2009
- Help for Heroes 2010
- Andy McMenemy 2011
- Judy Bell MBE 2014
- Bailey Matthews 2015
- Yorkshire Rows 2016
- Kash Singh 2017