Matthew Worthy

Matthew Worthy is a British television Producer. He co-created the entertainment formats Secret Fortune and Take The Money and Run as part of a creative partnership with Kieran Doherty, while working for UK independent production company Wild Rover Productions.

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 currently works in a creative partnership with Kieran Doherty at Wild Rover. Together they have created several international TV formats. Worthy was the Producer of the first two series of Secret Fortune for BBC One.

In 2008 Worthy and Doherty 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. Both series were Produced by Worthy.

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

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