Sir Talbot Sydney Duckmanton CBE (25 October 1921 – 12 June 1995) was an Australian broadcaster and radio and television administrator.

As general manager of the Australian Broadcasting Commission he oversaw the advent of colour television, ABC Classic FM and Triple J.

[3] Duckmanton attended Fort St High and then won a scholarship to Newington College in Sydney 1934–1938.

In an article on the same website published on 27 October 2004,[9] "Talbot" (in honour of Duckmanton) was declared the winner over the other candidate "Gabba" (a reference to the nickname of the Brisbane Cricket Ground in the suburb of Woolloongabba).

He married Florence Simmonds in 1947 and had four children, Christine, Susan, Craig Talbot and Kim.