Before he created and hosted Wonder World!, Simon Townsend had already forged a successful career in TV, print and radio journalism.

Simon Townsend's Wonder World! was well known for presenting new music on the show via the latest video clips or through interviews with local and visiting performers.

After two pilots and six years of trying to get a current affairs-style program produced specifically for kids onto the airwaves, Simon Townsend finally hosts the first episode of Simon To

Simon Townsend's Wonder World! was a show that changed the face of children's television in Australia.

Forty years after Simon Townsend's Wonder World! first went to air on 3 September 1979, we celebrate this landmark children's TV program.

Jonathan Coleman talks about Simon Townsend as a visionary and someone who was prepared to let his reporters take risks and push boundaries. 

In this excerpt from Jonathan Coleman's oral history interview with the NFSA he talks about the part he played in securing deals with record labels to use popular music in the story segments of

Phillip Tanner interviews fellow Wonder World! reporter Brett Clements about training for an Ironman event.

In this segment, 'Today's Artist', Simon Townsend showcases the work of a viewer who has produced an illustrated children's book about rabbits.

Adam Bowen, one of the first reporters on Simon Townsend's Wonder World!, finds out all you need to know about the new Apple II Computer, which has just been released in Aus