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Reg Grundy, AC

Order of Australia

The Order of Australia is an Order established by Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom, Monarchy of Australia on 14 February 1975 "for the purpose of according recognition to Australian citizens and other persons for achievement or for meritorious service"....
, OBE

Order of the British Empire

The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a United Kingdom order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by George V of the United Kingdom....
(4 August1923) is one of the most successful Australia

Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the southern hemisphere comprising the Australia of the world's smallest continent, the major island of Tasmania, and numerous list of islands of Australia in the Indian Ocean and Pacific Oceans....
n entrepreneurs, and media and television moguls of his generation.

He was the only child born to Roy Grundy and Lillian Lees. Before his career in television, he served in the Australian Army

Australian Army

The Australian Army is Australia's military land force. It is part of the Australian Defence Force along with the Royal Australian Navy and the Royal Australian Air Force....
during World War II

World War II

World War II, or the Second World War , was a global military conflict which involved a Participants in World War II, including all of the great powers, organised into two opposing military alliances: the Allies of World War II and the Axis powers....
as a Sergeant stationed in Sydney

Sydney

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Reg Grundy, AC

Order of Australia

Order of the British Empire

Australia

Australian Army

The Australian Army is Australia's military land force. It is part of the Australian Defence Force along with the Royal Australian Navy and the Royal Australian Air Force....
during World War II

World War II

Sydney

Sydney is the List of cities in Australia by population in Australia, with a metropolitan area population of approximately 4.34 million . It is the List of Australian capital cities of New South Wales, and was the site of the first British Empire colony in Australia....
.

Grundy started as a boxing and general sports commentator for radio station 2SM Sydney in 1947. While at 2CH Sydney in 1957, he devised and hosted the Wheel of Fortune game show on radio, moving with that show to television, starting on Channel 9 in 1959. He then founded the Reg Grundy Organisation

Reg Grundy Organisation

The Reg Grundy Organisation was an Australian television production company founded in 1959 by Reg Grundy . It has since branched out into Europe and the USA....
in 1960. After forming his own production company he 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
ABBA: The Movie

ABBA: The Movie is a feature length film about the pop group ABBA's 1977 Australian tour. It was directed by Lasse Hallstr?m, who directed most of the group's videos....
. The company has subsequently produced numerous successful television soap operas and drama series including Class of '74, Class of '75, The Restless Years
The Restless Years

The Restless Years was an Australian soap opera following the lives of several Sydney school-leavers and young adults. It was produced by the Reg Grundy Organisation and produced for Network Ten from late 1977 until 1981 when it was cancelled due to declining ratings....
, The Young Doctors
The Young Doctors

The Young Doctors is an Australian early evening soap opera. The series was set in the fictional Albert Memorial hospital and primarily concerned with romances between younger members of the hospital staff....
, Prisoner
Prisoner (TV series)

Prisoner is an Australian television soap opera which was set in the Wentworth Detention Centre, a List of fictional prisons women's prison....
, Glenview High
Glenview High

Glenview High is an Australian television drama series produced by the Reg Grundy Organisation for the Seven Network between 1977 and 1978....
, Sons and Daughters
Sons and Daughters (Australian TV series)

Sons and Daughters was a Logie Award winning Australian soap opera created by Reg Watson and produced by the Reg Grundy Organisation. It screened on the Seven Network in an early evening timeslot, running from December 1981 until 1987....
and Neighbours
Neighbours

Neighbours is a long-running multiple Logie Award-winning Australian soap opera, which first aired in March 1985. The series follows the daily lives of several families who live in the six houses at the end of Ramsay Street, a short cul-de-sac in the fictional middle-class suburb of Erinsborough....
, as well as famed 1980s NBC Daytime game shows, Time Machine
Time Machine (game show)

Time Machine was an United States game show where contestants competed to answer trivia questions about popular culture and recent history to win prizes....
, $ale of the Century
Sale of the Century (US game show)

Sale of the Century was a television game show format that made its debut in the United States on September 29, 1969 on NBC daytime . The series aired until July 13, 1973, after which it aired in a weekly television syndication version for one additional year....
and Scrabble
Scrabble (game show)

Scrabble was an United States television game show that was based on the Scrabble board game. The show co-produced with Exposure Unlimited and Reg Grundy Productions ran from July 2, 1984 to March 23, 1990, and again from January 18, 1993 to June 11, 1993, both times on NBC....
. In 1993, NBC aired Scattergories

Scattergories (game show)

Scattergories was a game show on NBC hosted by Dick Clark , with Charlie Tuna as announcer, that aired from January 18, 1993 to June 10 of the same year....
. He subsequently started the US-based company Reg Grundy Productions

Reg Grundy Productions

Reg Grundy Productions was the American wing of the worldwide television production company Reg Grundy Organisation, which was founded by Australian television producer Reg Grundy....
. In 1995, he sold the Grundy Organisation to the media and publishing company, Pearson PLC

Pearson PLC

Pearson plc is a London-based education and mass media Conglomerate . It is the largest book publisher in the United Kingdom, India, Australia and New Zealand, and the second largest in the United States and Canada....
, now FremantleMedia

FremantleMedia

FremantleMedia, Ltd. is the content and production division of RTL Group, Europe's largest TV, radio, and production company. Its world headquarters are located in London, United Kingdom....
.

He is married to the actress and author, Joy Chambers

Joy Chambers

Joy Chambers is an Australian actress and author, born in Ipswich, Queensland, Queensland. She is best known for such television soap opera roles as Rita Merrick in The Restless Years, Dr Robyn Porter in The Young Doctors, and Rosemary Daniels in Neighbours....
who has appeared in several of his soaps. They currently live in Bermuda

Bermuda

Bermuda is a British overseas territory in the Atlantic Ocean. Located off the east coast of the United States, it is situated around 1770 kilometres northeast of Miami, Florida, and 1350 kilometres south of Halifax Regional Municipality, Canada....
. He was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire

Order of the British Empire

The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a United Kingdom order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by George V of the United Kingdom....
in the New Years Honours of 1983, and was made a Companion of the Order of Australia

Order of Australia

Queen's Birthday Honours

The Queen's Birthday Honours is a civic occasion on the celebration of the Queen's Official Birthday in which new members of most Commonwealth Realms honours are named....
of 2008.

In July 2004 he was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Philosophy by the University of Queensland

University of Queensland

The University of Queensland is one of Australia's premier learning and research institutions. The University is a founding member of the national Group of Eight, an alliance of research-strong, mostly "Sandstone universities" committed to ensuring that Australia has higher education institutions which are genuinely world class....
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Colloquially, in Australia, "Reg Grundies", or "Grundies" is rhyming slang slang for "undies" (underpants

Undergarment

Undergarments are Clothing worn under other clothes, often next to the skin. They keep outer garments from being soiled by perspiration, shape the body and provide support for parts of it....
).

He is the owner of a yacht named Boadicea

Boudica

Boudica was a queen of the Iceni tribe of what is now known as East Anglia in England, who led an uprising of the tribes against the occupying forces of the Roman Empire....
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