Kieran Doherty (writer) explained

Kieran Doherty
Birth Place: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 was the former 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.__FORCETOC__

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
2006The Big Bumper Science QuizBBC One Northern IrelandWriter
2008Sesame TreeCBeebiesWriter (9 Episodes)
2009TeethgrinderBBC One Northern IrelandWriter
2009Find Me The FunnyBBC One Northern IrelandWriter / Producer
2010Big City ParkCBeebiesWriter (8 Episodes)
2011Jim Henson's PajanimalsCBBCWriter
2011Take the Money and RunABCConsultant Producer
2011Secret FortuneBBC OneConsultant Producer
2011The David Meade ProjectBBC One Northern IrelandWriter / Executive Producer
2011David Meade: The GiftBBC One Northern IrelandWriter / Executive Producer
2012Dara O'Briain's School of Hard SumsDaveConsultant Producer
2012David Meade: Make BelieveBBC OneWriter / Executive Producer
2012The ClandestineOnline SeriesWriter
2014David Meade: Million Dollar BetBBC One Northern IrelandWriter / Executive Producer
2014David Meade: Crowd ControlBBC One Northern IrelandWriter / Executive Producer
2015The Sparticle MysteryCBBCWriter
2016Can't Touch This[7] BBC OneExecutive Producer
2017-2019Goodbye House[8] RTÉ OneExecutive Producer
2017Don't Say It... Bring It![9] DaveExecutive Producer
2017In Solitary: The Anti-Social Experiment[10] Channel 5Executive Producer
2017Space Truckers[11] BBC One Northern IrelandExecutive Producer
2017-2019Blind Date[12] Channel 5Executive Producer
2017Blind Date Ireland[13] TV3Executive Producer
2017-2019Beauty Queen & Single[14] BBC One Northern Ireland, BBC One WalesExecutive Producer
2018-Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?[15] ITVExecutive Producer
2018A Taste of Home[16] BBC One Northern IrelandExecutive Producer
2018-Gino's Win Your Wish List[17] Channel 5Executive Producer
2018Celebs In Solitary[18] Channel 5Executive Producer
2018-2019Parents' Evening[19] BBC One Northern IrelandExecutive Producer
2018Hot Right Now[20] BBC One Northern IrelandExecutive Producer
2019Flinch[21] NetflixExecutive Producer
2019There's No Place Like Tyrone[22] BBC One Northern IrelandExecutive Producer
2019Secret Body[23] BBC One ScotlandExecutive Producer
2020Pretty Single[24] BBC Scotland, BBC One Northern IrelandExecutive Producer

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Kieran Doherty. 20 August 2018.
  2. Web site: Shows - Wild Rover Productions. 20 August 2018.
  3. Web site: Stellify Media. 20 August 2018.
  4. Web site: Shows - Stellify Media. 20 August 2018.
  5. Web site: Regional Awards - Northern Ireland 2018 - Royal Television Society. 20 August 2018.
  6. Web site: The Ulster Way. 2 August 2011.
  7. https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p03gjtjc BBC One - Can't Touch This
  8. https://www.rte.ie/player/gb/show/goodbye-house-30004713/10738053/ Goodbye House - Monday 12 June 2017 - RTÉ Player
  9. https://dave.uktv.co.uk/shows/dont-say-it-bring-it/ Don't Say It Bring It | Dave Channel
  10. http://www.channel5.com/show/in-solitary-the-anti-social-experiment/ In Solitary: The Anti-Social Experiment - Channel 5
  11. https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b09hls66 BBC One - Space Truckers
  12. http://www.channel5.com/show/blind-date/ Blind Date - Channel 5
  13. https://www.virginmediatelevision.ie/xpose/article/entertainment-news/240371/Irelands-Comedy-Superstar-Al-Porter-to-Host-TV3s-Blind-Date Ireland's Comedy Superstar Al Porter to Host TV3's 'Blind Date' - Virgin Media Television Xposé
  14. https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b09p6hy5 BBC One - Beauty Queen and Single
  15. Web site: Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? returns to ITV this Saturday with brand new twists . 1 May 2018 . ITV . 19 November 2019 .
  16. https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0b2wtlb BBC One - A Taste of Home
  17. http://www.channel5.com/show/ginos-win-your-wish-list/ Gino's Win Your Wish List - Channel 5
  18. http://channel5.com/show/celebs-in-solitary Celebs in Solitary: Meltdown - Channel 5
  19. https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0bj73gc BBC One - Parents' Evening
  20. https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2018/hot-right-now BBC - ‘Hot’ new topical programme is coming to BBC Northern Ireland soon - Media Centre
  21. https://deadline.com/2017/11/netflix-orders-jackass-meets-wipeout-format-flinch-from-sonys-stellify-1202204815/ Netflix Orders ‘Jackass’-Meets-‘Wipeout’ Format ‘Flinch’ From Sony’s Stellify | Deadline
  22. https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0005s7n BBC One - There's No Place Like Tyrone
  23. https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000bdtb BBC One - Secret Body
  24. https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000jlgq

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