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Simon Townsend's Wonder World
Simon Townsend's Wonder World! was an Australian children's television show that aired on Network Ten from 1979 until 1987. It was hosted by journalist Simon Townsend.
Format.
Each episode of "Simon Townsend's Wonder World!" featured an introduction by Townsend as the studio host, accompanied by his pet and companion bloodhound Woodrow (Woodrow died in 1986 and was replaced at first with a sulphur-crested cockatoo and then with a baby Labrador retriever. A competition was run amongst the
one season, then a new, upbeat re-recording by John St Peeters was used until Simon's show ended in 1987. Six years later, in 1993, the Nine Network decided to re-launch Simon's show with a new host, Pascall Fox. The title was shortened to "Wonder World!", and again ran every weekday afternoon on Nine for the next three years. It also used the same theme music as the original "Simon Townsend's Wonder World!" This version was sung by James