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

Wonder World!'s self-described 'zany' reporter, Jonathan 'Jono' Coleman visits a hobbies exhibition at Neutral Bay in Sydney – and manages to wreak havoc in the process.

This clip includes a Simon Townsend's Wonder World! music video for Australian pro surfer Pam Burridge, who recorded a single to raise funds to compete at major tournaments.

In the fifth season of Simon Townsend's Wonder World!, Simon added an advice segment to the show's format featuring a young teenage girl named Samantha Woodhouse, who went by the name 'Dea