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. 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. In 2014 Doherty & Worthy 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.

Doherty currently serves as PACT director for Northern Ireland and was the former Chair of the Royal Television Society Northern Ireland. 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.

Production credits +YearSeriesChannelsRole2006The Big Bumper Science QuizBBC One Northern IrelandWriter 2008Sesame TreeCBeebiesWriter (9 Episodes)2009TeethgrinderBBC One Northern IrelandWriter2009Find Me The FunnyBBC One Northern IrelandWriter / Producer2010Big City ParkCBeebiesWriter (8 Episodes)2011Jim Henson's PajanimalsCBBCWriter2011Take the Money and RunABCConsultant Producer2011Secret FortuneBBC OneConsultant Producer 2011The David Meade ProjectBBC One Northern IrelandWriter / Executive Producer2011David Meade: The GiftBBC One Northern IrelandWriter / Executive Producer2012Dara O'Briain's School of Hard SumsDaveConsultant Producer2012David Meade: Make BelieveBBC OneWriter / Executive Producer2012The ClandestineOnline SeriesWriter2014David Meade: Million Dollar BetBBC One Northern IrelandWriter / Executive Producer2014David Meade: Crowd ControlBBC One Northern IrelandWriter / Executive Producer2015The Sparticle MysteryCBBCWriter 2016Can't Touch ThisBBC One - Can't Touch This, Retrieved on 24 October 2018BBC OneExecutive Producer2017-2019Goodbye HouseGoodbye House - Monday 12 June 2017 - RTÉ Player, Retrieved on 24 October 2018RTÉ OneExecutive Producer2017Don't Say It... Bring It!Don't Say It Bring It | Dave Channel, Retrieved on 24 October 2018DaveExecutive Producer2017In Solitary: The Anti-Social ExperimentIn Solitary: The Anti-Social Experiment - Channel 5, Retrieved on 24 October 2018Channel 5Executive Producer2017Space TruckersBBC One - Space Truckers, Retrieved on 24 October 2018BBC One Northern IrelandExecutive Producer2017-2019Blind DateBlind Date - Channel 5, Retrieved on 24 October 2018Channel 5Executive Producer2017Blind Date IrelandIreland's Comedy Superstar Al Porter to Host TV3's 'Blind Date' - Virgin Media Television Xposé , Retrieved on 24 October 2018TV3Executive Producer2017-2019Beauty Queen & SingleBBC One - Beauty Queen and Single, Retrieved on 24 October 2018BBC One Northern Ireland, BBC One WalesExecutive Producer2018-Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?ITVExecutive Producer2018A Taste of HomeBBC One - A Taste of Home, Retrieved on 24 October 2018BBC One Northern IrelandExecutive Producer2018-Gino's Win Your Wish ListGino's Win Your Wish List - Channel 5, Retrieved on 24 October 2018Channel 5Executive Producer2018Celebs In SolitaryCelebs in Solitary: Meltdown - Channel 5, Retrieved on 24 October 2018Channel 5Executive Producer2018-2019Parents' EveningBBC One - Parents' Evening, Retrieved on 24 October 2018BBC One Northern IrelandExecutive Producer2018Hot Right NowBBC - ‘Hot’ new topical programme is coming to BBC Northern Ireland soon - Media Centre, Retrieved on 19 November 2018BBC One Northern IrelandExecutive Producer2019FlinchNetflix Orders ‘Jackass’-Meets-‘Wipeout’ Format ‘Flinch’ From Sony’s Stellify | Deadline, Published on 9 November 2017, Retrieved on 24 October 2018NetflixExecutive Producer2019There's No Place Like TyroneBBC One - There's No Place Like Tyrone Published on 24 May 2019. Retrieved 28 May 2019BBC One Northern IrelandExecutive Producer2019Secret BodyBBC One - Secret Body Published on 7 November 2019. Retrieved 6 January 2020BBC One ScotlandExecutive Producer2020Pretty Single Published on 14 May 2020. Retrieved 15 May 2020BBC Scotland, BBC One Northern IrelandExecutive Producer2025Titanic Sinks TonightBBC TwoExecutive Producer

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