Matthew Worthy
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Born | England |
Occupation | TV format creator, TV Executive Producer |
Known for | Joint Managing Director of Stellify Media |
Matthew Worthy is a British TV format creator and Executive Producer. He is also the Joint Managing Director of Stellify Media, alongside his creative and business partner, Kieran Doherty. Worthy & Doherty 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. In 2014 Worthy & Doherty launched the production company Stellify Media as a joint venture with Sony Pictures Television. 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.
Career
Worthy began his career at Granada Entertainment working as a researcher on Stars in Their Eyes, You've Been Framed and Celebrities Under Pressure. While working for Granada Kids on the show Jungle Run in 2005 – Worthy devised the show Scratch and Sniff's Den of Doom for CiTV.[1]
He joined Wild Rover Productions in 2006 to create the BBC One interactive quiz Get Smarter in a Week – and went on to consult on the international versions.[2] Worthy worked in a creative partnership with Kieran Doherty at Wild Rover; together they created several international TV formats.[3] Worthy was the Producer of the first two series of Secret Fortune for BBC One.[4]
Production credits
Year | Series | Channels | Role |
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2009 | Find Me The Funny | BBC One Northern Ireland | Consultant Producer |
2011 | David Meade: The Gift | BBC One Northern Ireland | Executive Producer |
2011 | Take the Money and Run | ABC | Consultant Producer |
2011 | The David Meade Project | BBC One Northern Ireland | Executive Producer |
2011 | Secret Fortune | BBC One | Series Producer |
2012 | Dara O'Briain's School of Hard Sums | Dave | Consultant Producer |
2012 | David Meade: Make Believe | BBC One | Executive Producer |
2014 | David Meade: Million Dollar Bet | BBC One Northern Ireland | Executive Producer |
2014 | David Meade: Crowd Control | BBC One Northern Ireland | Executive Producer |
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
- ↑ Irish Film and Television Network (2011-02-09). "ABC Says 'Take the Money and Run'". Retrieved 2011-07-25.
- ↑ IMDb (2010-04-07). "Wild Rover Discover 'Secret Fortune'". Retrieved 2011-07-25.
- ↑ Wild Rover Productions (2011). "Matthew Worthy". Archived from the original on 2011-07-19. Retrieved 2011-07-25.
- ↑ BBC Programmes (2011-02-25). "Megan and Chris Face a £98,000 Question". Retrieved 2011-07-25.