Episode 136

Simon Townsend's Wonder World · c. 1982

Episode 136 of Simon Townsend's Wonder World went to air in early to mid April 1982, on Network Ten. It has been restored from the original Betamax multi-episode tape. Explore every story from the episode in order, below.

First broadcast
early to mid April 1982 estimated
Network
Network Ten
Host
Simon Townsend
Source
Betamax multi-episode tape

The stories, in order

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Maurice Parker Meets the Octopus

Maurice Parker's Creepy Crawly segment takes a close look at the octopus.

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Jonathan Coleman's Comedy Interview with Ray Davies of The Kinks

Jonathan Coleman, himself a Triple J announcer at the time, hosts a comedy panel send up called Give the People What They Want with a very special guest, Ray Davies of The Kinks.

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The Mounted Police with Sheridan Jobbins

Sheridan Jobbins asks whether the mounted police have been outdated.

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Jonathan Coleman on the Set of Midnite Spares

Jonathan Coleman lands a role in the 2.5 million dollar Australian film Midnite Spares, playing roadhouse villain Wayne Grubb.

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Inside an Indian Restaurant with Maurice Parker

Maurice Parker visits Sri Punjab, a north Indian restaurant, for a tour of hot and fiery Indian cooking.

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What Plants Like to Eat with Alita Fahey

Alita Fahey finds out what plants like to eat.

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Today's Collector: Model Rockets with Glenn Russell

In the Today's Collector segment, young collector Glenn Russell shares his model rockets, along with a sideline in frogs and pocket people.

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Shorts

Short, sharable clips from this episode, made for YouTube Shorts.

Quicksilver Beam Machine BMX

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Smurfs Show Bag

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The octopus, up close

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Jonathan Coleman meets Ray Davies

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Police on horseback

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Jono plays a movie villain

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A curry shake and a clay oven

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McDonald's Challenge Race

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What do plants like to eat?

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Today's Collector: model rockets

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