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. __FORCETOC__
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.
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. Worthy worked in a creative partnership with Kieran Doherty at Wild Rover; together they created several international TV formats. Worthy was the Producer of the first two series of Secret Fortune for BBC One.
Production credits +YearSeriesChannelsRole2009Find Me The FunnyBBC One Northern IrelandConsultant Producer2011David Meade: The GiftBBC One Northern IrelandExecutive Producer2011Take the Money and RunABCConsultant Producer2011The David Meade ProjectBBC One Northern IrelandExecutive Producer2011Secret FortuneBBC OneSeries Producer2012Dara O'Briain's School of Hard SumsDaveConsultant Producer2012David Meade: Make BelieveBBC OneExecutive Producer2014David Meade: Million Dollar Bet BBC One Northern IrelandExecutive Producer2014David Meade: Crowd ControlBBC One Northern IrelandExecutive Producer2016Can't Touch ThisBBC One - Can't Touch This, Retrieved on October 24, 2018BBC OneExecutive Producer2017-2019Goodbye HouseGoodbye House - Monday 12 June 2017 - RTÉ Player, Retrieved on October 24, 2018RTÉ OneExecutive Producer2017Don't Say It... Bring It!Don't Say It Bring It | Dave Channel, Retrieved on October 24, 2018DaveExecutive Producer2017In Solitary: The Anti-Social ExperimentIn Solitary: The Anti-Social Experiment - Channel 5, Retrieved on October 24, 2018Channel 5Executive Producer2017Space TruckersBBC One - Space Truckers, Retrieved on October 24, 2018BBC One Northern IrelandExecutive Producer2017-2019Blind DateBlind Date - Channel 5, Retrieved on October 24, 2018Channel 5Executive Producer2017Blind Date IrelandIreland's Comedy Superstar Al Porter to Host TV3's 'Blind Date' - Virgin Media Television Xposé, Retrieved on October 24, 2018TV3Executive Producer2017-2019Beauty Queen & SingleBBC One - Beauty Queen and Single, Retrieved on October 24, 2018BBC One Northern Ireland, BBC One WalesExecutive Producer2018-Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? returns to ITV this Saturday with brand new twists, Retrieved on October 24, 2018ITVExecutive Producer2018A Taste of HomeBBC One - A Taste of Home, Retrieved on October 24, 2018BBC One Northern IrelandExecutive Producer2018-Gino's Win Your Wish ListGino's Win Your Wish List - Channel 5, Retrieved on October 24, 2018Channel 5Executive Producer2018Celebs In SolitaryCelebs in Solitary: Meltdown - Channel 5, Retrieved on October 24, 2018Channel 5Executive Producer2018-2019Parents' EveningBBC One - Parents' Evening, Retrieved on October 24, 2018BBC One Northern IrelandExecutive Producer2018Hot Right NowBBC - ‘Hot’ new topical programme is coming to BBC Northern Ireland soon - Media Centre, Retrieved on November 19, 2018BBC One Northern IrelandExecutive Producer2019FlinchNetflix Orders ‘Jackass’-Meets-‘Wipeout’ Format ‘Flinch’ From Sony’s Stellify | Deadline, Published on November 9, 2017, Retrieved on October 24, 2018NetflixExecutive Producer2019There's No Place Like TyroneBBC One - There's No Place Like Tyrone Published on 24 May 2019. Retrieved 28 May 2019BBC One Northern IrelandExecutive Producer2019Secret BodyBBC One - Secret Body Published on 7 November 2019. Retrieved 6 January 2020BBC One ScotlandExecutive Producer2020Pretty Single Published on 14 May 2020. Retrieved 15 May 2020BBC Scotland, BBC One Northern IrelandExecutive Producer2025Titanic Sinks TonightBBC Two Executive Producer
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