Matthew Worthy Explained

Matthew Worthy
Birth Place: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. __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.[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
2009Find Me The FunnyBBC One Northern IrelandConsultant Producer
2011David Meade: The GiftBBC One Northern IrelandExecutive Producer
2011Take the Money and RunABCConsultant Producer
2011The David Meade ProjectBBC One Northern IrelandExecutive Producer
2011Secret FortuneBBC OneSeries Producer
2012Dara O'Briain's School of Hard SumsDaveConsultant Producer
2012David Meade: Make BelieveBBC OneExecutive Producer
2014David Meade: Million Dollar BetBBC One Northern IrelandExecutive Producer
2014David Meade: Crowd ControlBBC One Northern IrelandExecutive Producer
2016Can't Touch This[5] BBC OneExecutive Producer
2017-2019Goodbye House[6] RTÉ OneExecutive Producer
2017Don't Say It... Bring It![7] DaveExecutive Producer
2017In Solitary: The Anti-Social Experiment[8] Channel 5Executive Producer
2017Space Truckers[9] BBC One Northern IrelandExecutive Producer
2017-2019Blind Date[10] Channel 5Executive Producer
2017Blind Date Ireland[11] TV3Executive Producer
2017-2019Beauty Queen & Single[12] BBC One Northern Ireland, BBC One WalesExecutive Producer
2018-Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?[13] ITVExecutive Producer
2018A Taste of Home[14] BBC One Northern IrelandExecutive Producer
2018-Gino's Win Your Wish List[15] Channel 5Executive Producer
2018Celebs In Solitary[16] Channel 5Executive Producer
2018-2019Parents' Evening[17] BBC One Northern IrelandExecutive Producer
2018Hot Right Now[18] BBC One Northern IrelandExecutive Producer
2019Flinch[19] NetflixExecutive Producer
2019There's No Place Like Tyrone[20] BBC One Northern IrelandExecutive Producer
2019Secret Body[21] BBC One ScotlandExecutive Producer
2020Pretty Single[22] BBC Scotland, BBC One Northern IrelandExecutive Producer

Notes and References

  1. News: Irish Film and Television Network . 2011-02-09 . ABC Says 'Take the Money and Run' . 2011-07-25.
  2. News: IMDb . 2010-04-07 . Wild Rover Discover 'Secret Fortune' . 2011-07-25.
  3. Web site: Wild Rover Productions . 2011 . Matthew Worthy . 2011-07-25 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110719120223/http://www.wild-rover.com/?post_type=people&p=19 . 2011-07-19 .
  4. Web site: BBC Programmes . 2011-02-25 . Megan and Chris Face a £98,000 Question . 2011-07-25.
  5. https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p03gjtjc BBC One - Can't Touch This
  6. https://www.rte.ie/player/gb/show/goodbye-house-30004713/10738053/ Goodbye House - Monday 12 June 2017 - RTÉ Player
  7. https://dave.uktv.co.uk/shows/dont-say-it-bring-it/ Don't Say It Bring It | Dave Channel
  8. http://www.channel5.com/show/in-solitary-the-anti-social-experiment/ In Solitary: The Anti-Social Experiment - Channel 5
  9. https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b09hls66 BBC One - Space Truckers
  10. http://www.channel5.com/show/blind-date/ Blind Date - Channel 5
  11. 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
  12. https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b09p6hy5 BBC One - Beauty Queen and Single
  13. https://www.itv.com/presscentre/press-releases/who-wants-be-millionaire-returns-itv-saturday-brand-new-twists Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? returns to ITV this Saturday with brand new twists
  14. https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0b2wtlb BBC One - A Taste of Home
  15. http://www.channel5.com/show/ginos-win-your-wish-list/ Gino's Win Your Wish List - Channel 5
  16. http://channel5.com/show/celebs-in-solitary Celebs in Solitary: Meltdown - Channel 5
  17. https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0bj73gc BBC One - Parents' Evening
  18. 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
  19. 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
  20. https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0005s7n BBC One - There's No Place Like Tyrone
  21. https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000bdtb BBC One - Secret Body
  22. https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000jlgq