Episode 331 Part 5

Simon Townsend's Wonder World · 1986

Episode 331 Part 5 of Simon Townsend's Wonder World first went to air on 11 April 1986, on Network Ten. It was recorded on 18 March 1986 and has been restored from the original 1 inch broadcast tape. Watch the complete episode below, then explore every story in order with the reporters who made them.

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First broadcast
11 April 1986
Recorded
18 March 1986
Network
Network Ten
Broadcast cities
Melbourne, Adelaide, Sydney, Brisbane
Host
Simon Townsend
Source
1 inch broadcast tape
Production number
XC9629

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The stories, in order

Story

How sausages are really made

Brett Clements inside a commercial sausage kitchen: the exploding filler, intestine casings, and 3,000 sausages an hour.

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Music clip

RAH Band, Clouds Across the Moon

The 1985 single played in full, with Simon's introduction.

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Story

The artist who put Sydney Harbour on a T-shirt

Ken Doan on the Archibald, painting author Olaf Ruhen, and why his work costs what it costs.

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Story

Australia's first cherry seed spitting championship

Young NSW, 1986. A long tongue, a big mouth and a tailwind, and a new Australian record of 13.36 metres.

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Story

Learning to ride a bike on Lord Howe Island

Edith Bliss cannot ride a bike, on an island where the bicycle is the main form of transport.

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Studio

Studio segments: Record Breaker and Newshound

Simon, Woodrow and Winston, plus Michael Blatner and James Brown, stitched in episode order.

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Teaser Shorts

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

Three Thousand Sausages an Hour

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He Put Sydney Harbour on a T-Shirt

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There Is a Definite Art to Spitting Cherries

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A Reporter Who Cannot Ride a Bike

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Woodrow Goes After the Sausages

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What You Won on Wonder World in 1986

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Four Facts From Wonder World in 1986

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