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==Talk Radio UK== Ryder joined [[Talksport|Talk Radio UK]] for its launch in February 1995 where he became known as a [[shock jock]]. He presented the weeknight (Mondays–Fridays) [[phone in]] between 22:00 and 01:00. He was joined on some Friday evenings by football agent [[Eric Hall]] and lawyer [[Gary Jacobs (solicitor)|Gary Jacobs]]. He regularly combined his programme with a similar American show presented by [[Tom Leykis]], alternating between UK and US callers.{{citation needed|date=March 2017}} He continued his practical jokes during his time at Talk Radio. Another such wind-up involved making listeners believe he was broadcasting his show from the street outside the Talk Radio building in protest at the station's anti-smoking policy. In reality, he was producing his show from inside the studio with a microphone hanging from the window to pick up the background noises of the street below.{{citation needed|date=March 2017}} During his tenure at TRUK, he was often accompanied by the show's Canadian producer Colin Lloyd, assistants Dixi, Jane and Aphrodite, and the man on the phones, also called Tony (Caesar referred to him as ''Bogey'' – "Because he always gets up my nose").{{citation needed|date=March 2017}} He was fired from Talk Radio in September 1995, along with fellow controversial presenter [[Terry Christian]],<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/jocks-shocked-by-sacking-as-talk-radio-cleans-up-its-act-1599492.html |title=Jocks shocked by sacking as Talk Radio cleans up its act | last1=Williams |first1=Rhys |date=5 September 1995 |website=The Independent|location=London|access-date=28 June 2014}}</ref> as part of a station shakeup to tackle sagging ratings.
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