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.
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
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!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 | | 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 - Can't Touch This, Retrieved on October 24, 2018] | BBC One | Executive Producer |
2017-2019 | Goodbye House[ Goodbye House - Monday 12 June 2017 - RTÉ Player, Retrieved on October 24, 2018] | RTÉ One | Executive Producer |
2017 | Don't Say It Bring It >Dave Channel, Retrieved on October 24, 2018 | Dave | Executive Producer |
2017 | [ In Solitary: The Anti-Social Experiment - Channel 5, Retrieved on October 24, 2018] | Channel 5 | Executive Producer |
2017 | Space Truckers[ BBC One - Space Truckers, Retrieved on October 24, 2018] | BBC One Northern Ireland | Executive Producer |
2017-2019 | Blind Date[ Blind Date - Channel 5, Retrieved on October 24, 2018] | Channel 5 | Executive Producer |
2017 | Blind Date Ireland[ Ireland's Comedy Superstar Al Porter to Host TV3's 'Blind Date' - Virgin Media Television Xposé, Retrieved on October 24, 2018] | TV3 | Executive Producer |
2017-2019 | Beauty Queen & Single[ BBC One - Beauty Queen and Single, Retrieved on October 24, 2018] | BBC One Northern Ireland, BBC One Wales | Executive Producer |
2018- | 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, 2018] | ITV | Executive Producer |
2018 | A Taste of Home[ BBC One - A Taste of Home, Retrieved on October 24, 2018] | BBC One Northern Ireland | Executive Producer |
2018- | Gino's Win Your Wish List[ Gino's Win Your Wish List - Channel 5, Retrieved on October 24, 2018] | Channel 5 | Executive Producer |
2018 | Celebs In Solitary[ Celebs in Solitary: Meltdown - Channel 5, Retrieved on October 24, 2018] | Channel 5 | Executive Producer |
2018-2019 | Parents' Evening[ BBC One - Parents' Evening, Retrieved on October 24, 2018] | BBC One Northern Ireland | Executive Producer |
2018 | Hot Right Now[ BBC - ‘Hot’ new topical programme is coming to BBC Northern Ireland soon - Media Centre, Retrieved on November 19, 2018] | BBC One Northern Ireland | Executive Producer |
2019 | Netflix Orders ‘Jackass’-Meets-‘Wipeout’ Format ‘Flinch’ From Sony’s Stellify >Deadline, Published on November 9, 2017, Retrieved on October 24, 2018 | Netflix | Executive Producer |
2019 | There's No Place Like Tyrone[ BBC One - There's No Place Like Tyrone Published on 24 May 2019. Retrieved 28 May 2019] | BBC One Northern Ireland | Executive Producer |
2019 | Secret Body[ BBC One - Secret Body Published on 7 November 2019. Retrieved 6 January 2020] | BBC One Scotland | Executive Producer |
2020 | Pretty Single[[21] Published on 14 May 2020. Retrieved 15 May 2020] | BBC Scotland, BBC One Northern Ireland | Executive Producer |