Matthew Worthy

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.

Matthew Worthy
Born
England
Occupation(s)TV format creator, TV Executive Producer
Known forJoint Managing Director of Stellify Media

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
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[5] BBC One Executive Producer
2017-2019 Goodbye House[6] RTÉ One Executive Producer
2017 Don't Say It... Bring It![7] Dave Executive Producer
2017 In Solitary: The Anti-Social Experiment[8] Channel 5 Executive Producer
2017 Space Truckers[9] BBC One Northern Ireland Executive Producer
2017-2019 Blind Date[10] Channel 5 Executive Producer
2017 Blind Date Ireland[11] TV3 Executive Producer
2017-2019 Beauty Queen & Single[12] BBC One Northern Ireland, BBC One Wales Executive Producer
2018- Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?[13] ITV Executive Producer
2018 A Taste of Home[14] BBC One Northern Ireland Executive Producer
2018- Gino's Win Your Wish List[15] Channel 5 Executive Producer
2018 Celebs In Solitary[16] Channel 5 Executive Producer
2018-2019 Parents' Evening[17] BBC One Northern Ireland Executive Producer
2018 Hot Right Now[18] BBC One Northern Ireland Executive Producer
2019 Flinch[19] Netflix Executive Producer
2019 There's No Place Like Tyrone[20] BBC One Northern Ireland Executive Producer
2019 Secret Body[21] BBC One Scotland Executive Producer
2020 Pretty Single[22] BBC Scotland, BBC One Northern Ireland Executive Producer

References
  1. Irish Film and Television Network (2011-02-09). "ABC Says 'Take the Money and Run'". Retrieved 2011-07-25.
  2. IMDb (2010-04-07). "Wild Rover Discover 'Secret Fortune'". Retrieved 2011-07-25.
  3. Wild Rover Productions (2011). "Matthew Worthy". Archived from the original on 2011-07-19. Retrieved 2011-07-25.
  4. BBC Programmes (2011-02-25). "Megan and Chris Face a £98,000 Question". Retrieved 2011-07-25.
  5. BBC One - Can't Touch This, Retrieved on October 24, 2018
  6. Goodbye House - Monday 12 June 2017 - RTÉ Player, Retrieved on October 24, 2018
  7. Don't Say It Bring It | Dave Channel, Retrieved on October 24, 2018
  8. In Solitary: The Anti-Social Experiment - Channel 5, Retrieved on October 24, 2018
  9. BBC One - Space Truckers, Retrieved on October 24, 2018
  10. Blind Date - Channel 5, Retrieved on October 24, 2018
  11. Ireland's Comedy Superstar Al Porter to Host TV3's 'Blind Date' - Virgin Media Television Xposé, Retrieved on October 24, 2018
  12. BBC One - Beauty Queen and Single, Retrieved on October 24, 2018
  13. Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? returns to ITV this Saturday with brand new twists, Retrieved on October 24, 2018
  14. BBC One - A Taste of Home, Retrieved on October 24, 2018
  15. Gino's Win Your Wish List - Channel 5, Retrieved on October 24, 2018
  16. Celebs in Solitary: Meltdown - Channel 5, Retrieved on October 24, 2018
  17. BBC One - Parents' Evening, Retrieved on October 24, 2018
  18. BBC - ‘Hot’ new topical programme is coming to BBC Northern Ireland soon - Media Centre, Retrieved on November 19, 2018
  19. Netflix Orders ‘Jackass’-Meets-‘Wipeout’ Format ‘Flinch’ From Sony’s Stellify | Deadline, Published on November 9, 2017, Retrieved on October 24, 2018
  20. BBC One - There's No Place Like Tyrone Published on 24 May 2019. Retrieved 28 May 2019
  21. BBC One - Secret Body Published on 7 November 2019. Retrieved 6 January 2020
  22. Published on 14 May 2020. Retrieved 15 May 2020
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