Kieran Doherty (writer)

Kieran Doherty is an Irish writer and TV format creator based in Belfast, Northern Ireland. He co-created the international TV entertainment formats Secret Fortune and Take the Money and Run as part of a creative partnership with Matthew Worthy, while working for UK independent production company Wild Rover Productions.

In 2008 Doherty and Worthy created the high-stakes quiz-show Secret Fortune.

In 2010 the UK network broadcaster BBC commissioned a nine-part series of Secret Fortune for Saturday night BBC One. This series was broadcast in February 2011 – with viewing figures reaching over 7 million. A second series was commissioned after just four episodes – and was filmed in May/June 2011.

In 2011 US network broadcaster CBS commissioned a pilot of Secret Fortune – co-produced by Wild Rover Productions and Nigel Lythgoe, who is an Executive Producer of American Idol.

In 2007 Doherty and Worthy created the high-stakes reality show Take the Money and Run. A pilot was commissioned in by UK network broadcaster BBC in 2008.

In 2010 it was announced that Take the Money and Run received a six-episode order for show production by ABC with Jerry Bruckheimer as executive producer along with Amazing Race creators Bertram van Munster and Elise Doganieri. This series will be broadcast in August 2011.

In 2008 Doherty and Worthy created the stand-up reality competition Find Me The Funny. A six-part series was broadcast by BBC One NI in 2009.

In 2010 Worthy and Doherty created The David Meade Project, a four-part series featuring mentalist David Meade for BBC NI. It aired in January 2011. A second series of six episodes was commissioned by BBC NI in 2011 and will air in Autumn 2011. Both series are Executive Produced by Doherty.

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