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Reg Grundy
AC OBE
Grundy on A Current Affair (2010)
Born
Reginald Roy Grundy

(1923-08-04)4 August 1923
Sydney, Australia
Died6 May 2016(2016-05-06) (aged 92)
Tucker's Town, Bermuda
Alma materUniversity of Queensland
OccupationMedia mogul
Years active1941–2016
Spouses
  • Patricia Lola C Powell
    (m. 1954, divorced)
  • Joy Chambers
    (m. 1971)

Reginald Roy Grundy AC, OBE (4 August 1923 – 6 May 2016) was an Australian entrepreneur and media mogul, best known for his numerous television productions. He was the producer of various Australian game shows, such as Blankety Blanks (based on a Mark Goodson–Bill Todman production, Match Game) and Wheel of Fortune (based on the US Merv Griffin production of the same name) before later diversifying into soap operas and serials including Prisoner, The Young Doctors, Sons and Daughters and Neighbours, the last of which was inducted into the Logie Hall of Fame in 2005.

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Fremantle Australia

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entity Reg Grundy Enterprises and Grundy International Distribution set the normal operating system for many production houses worldwide. Grundy grew to...

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and that year The Box occupied the number two spot. Also in 1974, the Reg Grundy Organisation created its first soap opera, and significantly Australia's...

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Celebrity Squares

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holiday or a weekend break to a location in Europe. In the Central and Reg Grundy Productions era of the show, each square in the first two rounds was worth...

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Productions and Grundy Television Supermarket Sweep 1993–2001 2007 2019–2020 ITV/ITV2 continued from Fremantle UK Productions, Grundy Television and Talkback...

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Reg Watson

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in 1973. Upon his return home, he took up the post of head of drama at Reg Grundy Productions. Thanks to his popular British soap, he was able to create...

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Heath Grundy

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Swans in the Australian Football League (AFL). Nicknamed 'Reg' due to his namesake Reg Grundy, he was elevated from the Sydney Swans rookie list in 2005...

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Neighbours

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occasionally been licensed to international networks by the original producers Reg Grundy Organisation/Fremantle. Based on the Neighbours story and character outlines...

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Sale of the Century

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purchased in 1980 by Australian TV mogul Reg Grundy, who produced a similar show called Great Temptation in the 1970s. Grundy subsequently launched an Australian...

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National Institute of Dramatic Art

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Playhouse, while the Rodney Seaborn Library forms part of its library and the Reg Grundy Studio is a training and production facility for film and television....

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Talkback Thames

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other production companies owned by Fremantle, including the UK arm of Reg Grundy Productions; comedy specialists Alomo Productions and William G. Stewart's...

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Man O Man

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Germany, originally airing on Sat.1 from 1992 until 1995 produced by Reg Grundy and hosted by Peer Augustinski. The show was loosely in the format of...

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Tony Barber

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until 1979.[citation needed] In 1980, the Grundy Organization, on the advice of its founder and producer, Reg Grundy, decided to revive the $25,000 Great Temptation...

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List of Prisoner episodes

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Caged Women) is an Australian soap opera created by Reg Watson, and was produced by the Reg Grundy Organisation for Network Ten. The series was set primarily...

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Gene Rayburn

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Productions show The Amateur's Guide to Love. In 1983, he hosted a pilot for Reg Grundy Productions titled Party Line, which later became Bruce Forsyth's Hot...

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Mark Goodson

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and Sky One, (also Challenge TV). It licensed many of its shows to the Reg Grundy Organisation to be adapted in Australia and Europe. Goodson and Todman's...

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The Young Doctors

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soap opera originally broadcast on the Nine Network and produced by the Reg Grundy Organisation, it aired from Monday 8 November 1976 until Wednesday 30...

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Terry Gill

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in guest roles. He was often associated with Crawford Productions and Reg Grundy Organisation. Born in England, Gill never knew his father. He immigrated...

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Un posto al sole

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the Australian soap opera Neighbours from the same original producers Reg Grundy Organisation/Fremantle. American comedian Conan O'Brien appeared in a...

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1960s and 1970s. Other shows for which he announced regularly include the Reg Grundy productions Scrabble and Sale of the Century, as well as the Jack Barry–Dan...

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