Reimagining the Titanic: innovation in historical documentary storytelling

TIME & LOCATION

Wednesday 12 November, 10:00 am

End Time: 11:00 am

Upstairs Theatre

About

More info coming soon!

 

 

Chair

TBC

SPONSOR

Panel

Kieran Doherty

CEO and Co-Founder, Stellify
Kieran Doherty is a Northern Irish writer, TV format creator, Executive Producer and Public Speaker. 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. Stellify have also created several award-winning formats such as Beauty Queen & Single for BBC Northern Ireland, Flinch for Netflix, and Celebrity Snoop Dogs for Channel 4. Previously Chair of The RTS NI and Chair of The RTS NI TV Awards, Kieran also served two terms as the PACT Director for Northern Ireland. He is also a founding member of the Media Therapy Group, the largest media networking group in Ireland.

Rob Carlisle

Art Director, Poli Productions

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Simon Young

Head of History, BBC Unscripted Commissioning
Bio: Simon Young is currently the Head of History at the BBC, overseeing programmes ranging from forthcoming series Titanic Sinks Tonight and the critically acclaimed sports-documentary Linford, to box-set series such as D-Day: The Unheard Tapes and The Zelensky Story, and returning series such as A House Through Time and Who Do You Think You Are?