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Sep 6, 2019 · EXCLUSIVE: This week marks 40 years since Simon Townsend’s Wonder World premiered on Network 10. In a rare interview with TV Tonight, 73 year old Townsend recalls his pioneering children’s current affairs show. Wonder World ran on 10 from 1979 until 1987. Screening 5 afternoons a week, it employed 17 reporters over its life span, producing ...
Sep 2, 2019 · Published 2 September 2019 . The National Film and Sound Archive of Australia (NFSA) is celebrating the 40th anniversary of Simon Townsend’s Wonder World! on 3 September 2019 with a new online collection, featuring rare and memorable moments, documents, artefacts, images and letters that span the show’s eight years on the airwaves.
Jun 17, 2019 · 2019-06-17 -. Simon Townsend has faced more challenges than most, yet the much-loved host of iconic children’s TV show Simon Townsend’s Wonder World! hasn’t lost his sense of humour or his famous giggle. “I loved hosting Wonder World! because it made me laugh,” says Simon. “It was the highlight of my showbiz life, and it was a show ...
Oct 17, 2021 · By Steve Newton. Back in February of 1984 I interviewed Simon Townshend, the 23-year-old kid brother of Pete Townshend from the Who. The younger Townshend was touring behind his debut album, the Pete-produced Sweet Sound, and trying to distance himself from the shadow of his 16-years-older bro.
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Sep 2, 2019 · September 3, 2019 — 12.00am. Save. Log in, register or subscribe to save articles for later. ... Simon Townsend's Wonder World! ran on Channel Ten from 1979-1987, winning five Logies. In 1993 ...
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Aug 30, 2019 · NFSA compilation from Simon Townsend's Wonder World!, 1979-1987. Courtesy Simon Townsend. After eight years on the air, with almost 2,000 episodes and 8,000 stories by 17 different reporters, Simon Townsend's Wonder World! came to an end in 1987. But it paved the way for other Australian children's programs, including Wombat (1979–90) and ...
