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- The Reg Grundy Organisation first forayed into documentaries in 1973 with THE WRECK OF BATAVIA and POOR FELLA ME.
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The Reg Grundy Organisation first forayed into documentaries in 1973 with THE WRECK OF BATAVIA and POOR FELLA ME. 1973 also saw the Federal Government introduce regulations that influenced the quantity and types of Australian-made shows that television networks would transmit.
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Getting his start in radio in the 1940’s, Reg’s career spanned over six decades and encompassed entertainment and game shows such as SALE OF THE CENTURY and THE PRICE IS RIGHT; dramas including NEIGHBOURS and PRISONER; documentaries and feature film.
In the late 1980s, Reg Grundy established 'Grundy World Wide Limited. He created and operated local, independent television production and distribution companies in Europe, Asia and North and South America. Pearson Television (now Fremantle) acquired the Grundy group of companies on 3 April 1995.
KILLERS OF THE GREAT BARRIER REEF – 1979, documentary PRISONER: CELL BLOCK H – 1979-86 (Network Ten), drama
He founded his own production company Reg Grundy Enterprises in 1960, and began producing game shows for the Australian and overseas market, before eventually branching out into drama in 1973. In 1977, he co-produced ABBA: The Movie .
In 1959 Channel Nine offered Grundy an opportunity to take Wheel of Fortune to television. He soon afterwards founded Reg Grundy Enterprises (RGE), which essentially bought television game shows from US networks and redeveloped them for Australian viewers.
In 1960 he founded Reg Grundy Enterprises (RGE), a production house that initially bought game and quiz shows under licence from US television networks and which were re-developed specifically for Australian viewers.
