Jonathan Ruffell
British writer, director, and radio producer; creator and producer of BBC Radio 4's "Tommies" and former producer of Steve Wright in the Afternoon on BBC Radio 1.
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Jul 4, 2026
George MatlockHOST
Tell us if you would, just very quickly, how was the Steve Wright show produced? Because it wasn't sort of live, was it? It was patchwork together, wasn't it?
Jonathan RuffellGUEST
Yeah, in some respects, when you say something isn't live, it sounds in some way sort of illegitimate or faked.
Jonathan RuffellGUEST
But it wasn't really because what Steve was doing and I had a background as a Sparks at the BBC, so I was very keen editor, was to really only give the audience the good stuff.
Jonathan RuffellGUEST
And that, Steve, we really applied that to every single aspect of the show.
Jonathan RuffellGUEST
The sketches that we did, the talky bits that we did, the phoner contributions, which people might remember from Gavin McCoy as the manager.
Jonathan RuffellGUEST
Mr. Mad doing his thing, Phil Cornwall doing his David Bowie and Mick Jagger impressions.
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