Biografía

Best known as creator and host on children's television show Wonder World, which dominated the Australian afternoon time slot from 1979 to 1987.

He first made headlines in 1967 as a young journalist and conscientious objector to the Vietnam War. Active in the anti-war movement, he made a point of showing up to protests in a three-piece suit.

Mr Townsend got his start in Australian television from 1970 and worked as a reporter for ABC's This Day Tonight.

Townsend suffered three strokes. In August 2005, he told ABC TV he feared the next stroke might kill him.

Simon Townsend was an Australian journalist who became a popular television producer and host as presenter of Simon Townsend's Wonder World from 1979 to 1987.