Kieran Doherty (writer)

Kieran Doherty
Born Northern Ireland
Occupation Writer, TV format creator, Executive Producer, Public Speaker
Known for Joint Managing Director of Stellify Media
Website Official website

Kieran Doherty is a Northern Irish writer, TV format creator and Executive Producer. He is also the Joint Managing Director of Stellify Media, alongside his creative and business partner, Matthew Worthy.[1] Doherty & Worthy have co-created multiple entertainment formats - including the international formats Secret Fortune and Take The Money and Run - while working for UK independent production company Wild Rover Productions.[2] In 2014 Doherty & Worthy launched the production company Stellify Media as a joint venture with Sony Pictures Television.[3] Stellify Media is best known for successfully rebooting Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? with Jeremy Clarkson for ITV, and Blind Date with Paul O'Grady for Channel 5.[4]

Doherty currently serves as PACT director for Northern Ireland and Chair of the Royal Television Society Northern Ireland.[5] He is on the steering committee for The Belfast Media Festival and is also a founding member of the Media Therapy Group, the largest media networking group in Ireland.

Career

Doherty began his writing career in radio, writing two series of The Ulster Way for BBC Radio Ulster.[6]

Production Credits

Year Series Channels Role
2006 The Big Bumper Science Quiz BBC One Northern Ireland Writer
2008 Sesame Tree CBeebies Writer (9 Episodes)
2009 Teethgrinder BBC One Northern Ireland Writer
2009 Find Me The Funny BBC One Northern Ireland Writer / Producer
2010 Big City Park CBeebies Writer (8 Episodes)
2011 Jim Henson's Pajanimals CBBC Writer
2011 Take the Money and Run ABC Consultant Producer
2011 Secret Fortune BBC One Consultant Producer
2011 The David Meade Project BBC One Northern Ireland Writer / Executive Producer
2011 David Meade: The Gift BBC One Northern Ireland Writer / Executive Producer
2012 Dara O'Briain's School of Hard Sums Dave Consultant Producer
2012 David Meade: Make Believe BBC One Writer / Executive Producer
2012 The Clandestine Online Series Writer
2014 David Meade: Million Dollar Bet BBC One Northern Ireland Writer / Executive Producer
2014 David Meade: Crowd Control BBC One Northern Ireland Writer / Executive Producer
2015 The Sparticle Mystery CBBC Writer
2016 Can't Touch This BBC One Executive Producer
2017 Goodbye House RTÉ One Executive Producer
2017 Don't Say It... Bring It! Dave Executive Producer
2017 In Solitary: The Anti-Social Experiment Channel 5 Executive Producer
2017 Space Truckers BBC One Northern Ireland Executive Producer
2017-2018 Blind Date Channel 5 Executive Producer
2017 Blind Date Ireland TV3 Executive Producer
2017-2018 Beauty Queen & Single BBC One Northern Ireland Executive Producer
2018 Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? ITV Executive Producer
2018 A Taste of Home BBC One Northern Ireland Executive Producer

References

  1. ↑ "Kieran Doherty". Retrieved 20 August 2018.
  2. ↑ "Shows - Wild Rover Productions". Retrieved 20 August 2018.
  3. ↑ "Stellify Media". Retrieved 20 August 2018.
  4. ↑ "Shows - Stellify Media". Retrieved 20 August 2018.
  5. ↑ "Regional Awards - Northern Ireland 2018 - Royal Television Society". Retrieved 20 August 2018.
  6. ↑ "The Ulster Way". Retrieved 2 August 2011.
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