Australian television producer and screenwriter (1926–2019)
This article is about the Australian TV producer. For the English footballer, see Reg Watson (footballer).
Reg Watson
AM
Born
Reginald James Watson
(1926-08-27)27 August 1926
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Died
8 October 2019(2019-10-08) (aged 93)
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Occupations
Television producer
screenwriter
executive
Years active
1942–1992
Known for
Crossroads
Prisoner (known internationally as Prisoner: Cell Block H)
Neighbours
The Young Doctors
Sons and Daughters
Reginald James WatsonAM (27 August 1926 – 8 October 2019) was an Australian television producer and screenwriter and executive.
Watson was executive producer on the British soap opera Crossroads and created Australian media exports serials such as Prisoner, Neighbours, The Young Doctors and Sons and Daughters.
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on the Seven Network on 18 March 1985. It was created by TV executive RegWatson, who proposed the idea of making a show that focused on realistic stories...
created by television executive RegWatson. The Seven Network commissioned the show following the success of Watson's earlier soap Sons and Daughters...
and Caged Women) is an Australian soap opera created by RegWatson, and was produced by the Reg Grundy Organisation for Network Ten. The series was set...
Smith was offered the role by the show's creator and executive producer RegWatson. Smith made his first screen appearance as Harold during the episode broadcast...
1979 to 1986. Lara Radulovich and David Hannam developed Wentworth from RegWatson's original concept. The season was shot over four months from 10 October...
Australian television soap opera Neighbours. The family were created by RegWatson and introduced in the first episode of the serial, broadcast on 18 March...
worked behind the scenes as Head of Lifestyle programmes. Gordon helped RegWatson and Ned Sherrin launch ATV Midlands in 1956. As well as being a producer...
and relationships faced by young adults. It was created by RegWatson and produced by the Reg Grundy Organisation for Network Ten. The series debuted in...
French handed him a script and invited him to return for an audition. RegWatson, the producer, had already interviewed several actors for the part but...
three central families created by RegWatson and introduced in the first episode of Neighbours in March 1985. Watson wanted the Ramsays to be humorous...
show's producer, RegWatson, ordered the scriptwriters to include the pregnancy in the storyline. When Rossington miscarried, Watson asked her if she...
conceived by the creator and then executive producer of Neighbours, RegWatson. Watson invited Haddy to play Helen in a bid to portray a mother-in-law out...
soap opera Neighbours, played by Elaine Smith. Daphne was created by RegWatson as one of Neighbours' twelve original characters. The producer had originally...
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