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*Early-Mid 1980: The text “GRUNDY ORGANIZATION” (spanning the screen’s width) overlaps a static, 2D icosahedron. The text is solid except for the letters “R” and “G” (representing the initials of Reg Grundy) in the icosahedron’s centre. The word “production” sits on either the bottom right of “organization” or below the logo itself. This is the last logo to use initials of any kind.

*1980-1983: The same static icosahedron as before, only “Grundy Organization Production” is rearranged below.

*1981-1990 (Animated): An animated wireframe icosahedron (a geometric figure consisting of 20 triangular faces in a hexagonal shape with lines criss-crossing its width and height) rolls towards the viewer from the screen’s centre, growing bigger as this occurs. As it finally settles in place, the words “GRUNDY” in the centre of the icosahedron and “TELEVISION” below the icosahedron simultaneously unfold onto the screen while the word “PRODUCTION” (in a different, thinner font) rises from the bottom of the screen. Grundy animated it using stop-frame animation (using a caption machine in this case). It debuted on the soap opera ''Sons & Daughters'' and eventually spread to other shows produced by Grundy.  

*On the first episode of ''Neighbours'', it's a soft synth theme. This may have also been used on other shows from the era too.

* A variation of the gameshow announcement variation exists on a 1981 Nine Network Christmas tape during the ''Family Feud'' segment were the announcement is changed to "Family Feud is a Grundy Organization steal, recorded for the national Nine Network. I have nothing to do with this program, Philip Brady speaking."

'''Legacy:''' It's a fondly recalled logo and familiar to a generation of Australian TV fans who grew up with ''Neighbours'', ''Prisoner'', ''Sale of the Century'', and countless others.

*Some series won't have the full animation. Just the second half of the animation.

*A variation exists on the soap opera ''Richmond Hill'' were the full version of the logo is animated into the opening titles. The show's title zooms in from a sign seen in the intro while the background turns into a cartoon-like background. As it zooms in, the background fades to the actual one used by this logo, the show's title also changes to white. The show's title then transitions to start of the logo's animation (where the icosahedron zooms out) via a wipe effect starting from the centre of the screen all the way to the top and bottom of the screen.

*On game shows like ''Sale of the Century'', the logo zooms away to the top, leaving room for the copyright, then fading into the logo of the channel it aired on (e.g. the Nine Network for the show mentioned).

'''Audio:''' A majestic synth note being held out, or the end title theme from any show. However, the game shows do use a slight remix of the music from the show's theme, and the announcer signing-off (example from ''Sale of the Century'': "This is a Grundy Television Production for Nine Network Australia. Peter Smith speaking").

*It was also seen on ''Richmond Hill''.

*On the original 1998 airings of the season of ''Take Your Pick'', the words "for ITV" and the 1997 copyright notice both appear below.

*Seen on 1997-2006 episodes of ''Neighbours'' and all other Grundy shows during this logo's lifespan.