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Matthew Worthy
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Matthew Worthy |
| image | Matthew Worthy.jpg |
| 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.
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
| 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 | BBC One | Executive Producer |
| 2017-2019 | 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 |
| 2017-2019 | Blind Date | Channel 5 | Executive Producer |
| 2017 | Blind Date Ireland | TV3 | Executive Producer |
| 2017-2019 | Beauty Queen & Single | BBC One Northern Ireland, BBC One Wales | Executive Producer |
| 2018- | Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? | ITV | Executive Producer |
| 2018 | A Taste of Home | BBC One Northern Ireland | Executive Producer |
| 2018- | Gino's Win Your Wish List | Channel 5 | Executive Producer |
| 2018 | Celebs In Solitary | Channel 5 | Executive Producer |
| 2018-2019 | Parents' Evening | BBC One Northern Ireland | Executive Producer |
| 2018 | Hot Right Now | BBC One Northern Ireland | Executive Producer |
| 2019 | Flinch | Netflix | Executive Producer |
| 2019 | There's No Place Like Tyrone | BBC One Northern Ireland | Executive Producer |
| 2019 | Secret Body | BBC One Scotland | Executive Producer |
| 2020 | Pretty Single | BBC Scotland, BBC One Northern Ireland | Executive Producer |
| 2025 | Titanic Sinks Tonight | BBC Two | Executive Producer |
References
References
- Irish Film and Television Network. (2011-02-09). "ABC Says 'Take the Money and Run'".
- IMDb. (2010-04-07). "Wild Rover Discover 'Secret Fortune'".
- Wild Rover Productions. (2011). "Matthew Worthy".
- BBC Programmes. (2011-02-25). "Megan and Chris Face a £98,000 Question".
- [https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p03gjtjc BBC One - Can't Touch This], Retrieved on October 24, 2018
- [https://www.rte.ie/player/gb/show/goodbye-house-30004713/10738053/ Goodbye House - Monday 12 June 2017 - RTÉ Player], Retrieved on October 24, 2018
- [https://dave.uktv.co.uk/shows/dont-say-it-bring-it/ Don't Say It Bring It. Dave Channel], Retrieved on October 24, 2018
- [http://www.channel5.com/show/in-solitary-the-anti-social-experiment/ In Solitary: The Anti-Social Experiment - Channel 5], Retrieved on October 24, 2018
- [https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b09hls66 BBC One - Space Truckers], Retrieved on October 24, 2018
- [http://www.channel5.com/show/blind-date/ Blind Date - Channel 5], Retrieved on October 24, 2018
- [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], Retrieved on October 24, 2018
- [https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b09p6hy5 BBC One - Beauty Queen and Single], Retrieved on October 24, 2018
- [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], Retrieved on October 24, 2018
- [https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0b2wtlb BBC One - A Taste of Home], Retrieved on October 24, 2018
- [http://www.channel5.com/show/ginos-win-your-wish-list/ Gino's Win Your Wish List - Channel 5], Retrieved on October 24, 2018
- [http://channel5.com/show/celebs-in-solitary Celebs in Solitary: Meltdown - Channel 5], Retrieved on October 24, 2018
- [https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0bj73gc BBC One - Parents' Evening], Retrieved on October 24, 2018
- [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], Retrieved on November 19, 2018
- [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], Published on November 9, 2017, Retrieved on October 24, 2018
- [https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0005s7n BBC One - There's No Place Like Tyrone] Published on 24 May 2019. Retrieved 28 May 2019
- [https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000bdtb BBC One - Secret Body] Published on 7 November 2019. Retrieved 6 January 2020
- [https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000jlgq] Published on 14 May 2020. Retrieved 15 May 2020
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