# Kieran Doherty (writer)

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.

## Career

Doherty began his writing career in radio, writing two series of The Ulster Way for BBC Radio Ulster.

## Production credits

| Year | Series | Channels | Role |
| 2006 | The Big Bumper Science Quiz | BBC One Northern Ireland | Writer |
| 2008 | Sesame Tree | CBeebies | Writer (9 Episodes) |
| 2009 | Teethgrinder | BBC One Northern Ireland | Writer |
| 2009 | Find Me The Funny | BBC One Northern Ireland | Writer / Producer |
| 2010 | Big City Park | CBeebies | Writer (8 Episodes) |
| 2011 | Jim Henson's Pajanimals | CBBC | Writer |
| 2011 | Take the Money and Run | ABC | Consultant Producer |
| 2011 | Secret Fortune | BBC One | Consultant Producer |
| 2011 | The David Meade Project | BBC One Northern Ireland | Writer / Executive Producer |
| 2011 | David Meade: The Gift | BBC One Northern Ireland | Writer / Executive Producer |
| 2012 | Dara O'Briain's School of Hard Sums | Dave | Consultant Producer |
| 2012 | David Meade: Make Believe | BBC One | Writer / Executive Producer |
| 2012 | The Clandestine | Online Series | Writer |
| 2014 | David Meade: Million Dollar Bet | BBC One Northern Ireland | Writer / Executive Producer |
| 2014 | David Meade: Crowd Control | BBC One Northern Ireland | Writer / Executive Producer |
| 2015 | The Sparticle Mystery | CBBC | Writer |
| 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 |