Image: Reg Grundy, licensed via The Conversation from Tracey Nearmy/AAP
Reg Grundy, who has died in Bermuda at age 92, did for television content what Henry Ford did for car production. He saw the potential to take a story-line with a strong emotional centre – of proven appeal in one market – and produce it, with small cultural variations, to capture the interests of audiences in countries around the world. It was production to a strict format.