Meet the Belfast man behind Jeremy Clarkson's new ‘Who Wants to Be A Millionaire' spin-off quiz show
It's the name behind some of the UK's biggest light entertainment and quiz shows, including the daddy of them all, Who Wants to Be A Millionaire?
And at home in Northern Ireland, Stellify Media has made factual and reality shows like Beauty Queen and Single, and it's been working on its first docudrama, Titanic Sinks Tonight.
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