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Matthew Worthy is a British TV format creator and
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. He is also the Joint Managing Director of
Stellify Media Stellify Media is a Northern Irish television production company. Stellify was formed by Kieran Doherty and Matthew Worthy as a joint venture with Sony Pictures Television through its International Production division.Kieran Doherty. Worthy & Doherty have co-created multiple entertainment formats - including the international formats '' Secret Fortune'' and ''
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-'' while working for UK independent production company Wild Rover Productions. In 2014 Worthy & Doherty launched the production company
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for ITV, and
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for Channel 5. __FORCETOC__


Career

Worthy began his career at Granada Entertainment working as a researcher on ''
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'', ''
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''. While working for Granada Kids on the show Jungle Run in 2005 – Worthy devised the show ''Scratch and Sniff's Den of Doom'' for
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. 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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