His family said Townsend was often fighting against Australian TV regulators to feature 'boundary-pushing' segments for his young audience. 'Simon often found himself in a stoush with Australian ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Australian journalist and TV presenter Simon Townsend, best known for Simon Townsend’s Wonder World!, has died. He was 79 and had ...

Picture: Supplied Townsend hosted children’s entertainment TV show Wonder World, which ran between 1979 and 1987 and won five Logie Awards. “Simon often found himself in a stoush with ...

Simon Townsend, who passed away this week aged 79 ... this was an era in which commercial television was prepared to invest in kids’ TV and do it well. True, a very different era — there ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. This photo provided by Townsend Bell shows Bell in front of one of his Malibu homes that was burned in the ...

“The conversation to the last was loud, passionate and full of laughs.” Townsend made TV history and entertainned millions of children when he hosted the television show Wonder World. The ...

Don’t pretend you didn’t secretly dream of submitting your own cool idea to the show! Simon Townsend wasn’t just another TV personality, he was a beloved treasure. His charm and genuine enthusiasm ...

Simon was best remembered as the creator, host and producer of iconic '80s children's show Simon Townsend's Wonder World. The series, which was broadcast on Network Ten from 1979 to 1987 ...

Don't miss out on the headlines from TV. Followed categories will be added to My News. Townsend, who had been diagnosed with an aggressive cancer, died on Tuesday. In a statement, his family said ...

"There were a lot of beautiful issues that mainstream TV wasn't really serving up to young Australians at that time." Townsend's loved ones said an "unapologetic self-belief" was his driving force.