Jonathan Ruffle

Creator, writer and co-producer of TOMMIES for the BBC

[Jonathan Ruffle @JonathanRuffle]

My #SteveWright book is probably only going to be number one in Radio Entertainment books on Amazon for about three seconds so I’m posting this pronto!

[Jonathan Ruffle @JonathanRuffle]

Ta muchly

[Andrew @Andrew79833983]

@JonathanRuffle He was, always rushed home from school to listen to his shows….loved everything he done….he was a one off. And you Johnathan thanks for a brilliant book I’ve read it twice…Regards.X

[Jonathan Ruffle @JonathanRuffle]

@Andrew79833983 Thank you so much for that, Andrew. He really was an extraordinary bloke

[Jonathan Ruffle @JonathanRuffle]

I'll be bringing some copies of the book along - I don't have a functioning card-reading doohickey at the minute so will be doing a discount for cash

[Jonathan Ruffle @JonathanRuffle]

Talking all things Steve Wright at this here event

@community_media
#SteveWright
#Radio1Roadshow

[Jonathan Ruffle @JonathanRuffle]

Very sorry to hear this. Lovely bloke.

[Andy Saunders 🇺🇦 🇬🇧 @1940Andy]

Very sad indeed to hear the news of Stephen Bungay’s passing. His work on the Battle of Britain was remarkable.

[Jonathan Ruffle @JonathanRuffle]

Picking this up from a real bookshop tomorrow and looking forward to a great BH weekend reading it

[Katja Hoyer @hoyer_kat]

I'm in Weimar where there are traces of the people I wrote about everywhere. This was Hedwig Hetemann's shop where she repaired toys for children. It was destroyed by the SA in the pogrom of 1938 because she was Jewish. Nobody helped her. She became withdrawn and isolated. 1/2

[Jonathan Ruffle @JonathanRuffle]

Hi @vgeller looking forward to meeting you too, loving your talk about Never Being Boring (amongst all the other great stuff) on your highly informative website as I write #radio #communityradio https://t.co/NjJIIlnJTF

[Valerie Geller @vgeller]

Talented @JonathanRuffle can't wait to meet you & get to work with you next month! #radio #communityMedia

[Jonathan Ruffle @JonathanRuffle]

@airchecks @thisisheart Amazing how they give out my home address. Wouldn't do that now.

[Jonathan Ruffle @JonathanRuffle]

@airchecks @thisisheart Yikes. I think you're right.

[Jonathan Ruffle @JonathanRuffle]

Yep, as I say in the book, Johnny was inevitably the irritable headmaster to some of our more stupid pranks, but behind the scenes he was defending Radio 1 from all sorts of attacks from inside and outside the BBC. If you like 80s and 90s music, you owe it to him.

[City Clipper @Atlanteanforme]

@JonathanRuffle Also listening to that nice old man Beerling play big band on Serenade Radio, I can’t believe he’s the same bloke!

[Jonathan Ruffle @JonathanRuffle]

Thanks, I was very keen the book showed how hard he worked

[City Clipper @Atlanteanforme]

@JonathanRuffle Hi, just finished your Steve Wright book. Excellent. I was a big Radio 1 fan in the 80s. I never realised before why SWITA sounded so much better than every other show, so much prep went into it. The Warren There was just so much work involved.

[Jonathan Ruffle @JonathanRuffle]

I deeply hope not

[Michelle Durant 🎙️📻 @ShellyDRadio]

@JonathanRuffle Did @DuncanNewmarch bid on it?

[Jonathan Ruffle @JonathanRuffle]

Personally I would have had that down as priceless

[Duncan Newmarch @DuncanNewmarch]

@JonathanRuffle Jonathan, have you seen this on eBay?

[Jonathan Ruffle @JonathanRuffle]

@cliffc100 Great

[Jonathan Ruffle @JonathanRuffle]

Cliff you have no idea how grateful I am that someone is listening to the audiobook. I was amazed at how often I fluffed and how many odd noises my body was determined to make. And no, the irony that a lot of the book was about editing stuff to make it shine wasn't lost on me

[cliff cook @cliffc100]

@DuncanNewmarch @JonathanRuffle I am cheating and listening to it on audio book.

[Jonathan Ruffle @JonathanRuffle]

Thanks Richard

[Richard Murrell @murrell_richard]

@DuncanNewmarch @JonathanRuffle a great read indeed

[Jonathan Ruffle @JonathanRuffle]

Thanks so much Duncan, I really appreciate that.

[Duncan Newmarch @DuncanNewmarch]

I’ve finally finished reading @JonathanRuffle ‘s excellent book about Steve Wright during the late 80s/early 90s. It made me laugh, gave me more reasons to love Steve and feel sad that’s he not doing a bank holiday special today. …hello?

[Jonathan Ruffle @JonathanRuffle]

@MarkHaylet1950 Thanks Mark, it was the behind-the-scenes graft I was hoping to show. And I got so lucky with all the people who worked on Bomber.

[Jonathan Ruffle @JonathanRuffle]

My #SteveWright book is probably only going to be number one in Radio Entertainment books on Amazon for about three seconds so I’m posting this pronto!

[Jonathan Ruffle @JonathanRuffle]

@lindaburson7487 Sure thing

[Jonathan Ruffle @JonathanRuffle]

Thanks Linda - I like it too! First I looked at the covers of similar books to mine, then mocked one up on Canva, and then asked a professional to complete the job. Unfortunately he’s been so successful he’s moved onto bigger things but his design sensibility really improved it

[Linda Burson @lindaburson7487]

@JonathanRuffle Wow, your book cover is amazing! It really makes me curious about the story. I can tell a lot of thought went into this, such impressive work!

[Jonathan Ruffle @JonathanRuffle]

@lindaburson7487 Impossible to answer I’m afraid - on and off over two years interwoven with other writing