Paddy McKenna

Paddy’s career began in development with Wild Rover Productions, working on entertaining hits such as; Secret Fortune (BBC), Dara Ó Briain: School of Hard Sums (DAVE), and The David Meade Project (BBC). Then it was off to ShinAwil - the Irish producer of Dancing With The Stars, The Voice, Masterchef, and Dragons Den - to head up UK development.

In 2017 Paddy Joined Stellify Media as Head of Development, developing Don’t Say It Bring It (DAVE), Celebs In Solitary (CHANNEL 5), Who Wants To Be A Millionaire (ITV), Blind Date (CHANNEL 5), Parents Evening (BBC), Secret Body (BBC) and Flinch (NETFLIX), which he also produced.

He set up Play The Game TV in 2019 as a one-stop shop for Entertaining telly. It’s been a busy few years, working with great companies such as; Sony Pictures Television, Stellify Media, Afro-Mic Productions, BBC Studios, ITV Studios, Green Inc, Eccholine Media, and many others.

Over the last year, when Paddy is not sunning himself while producing the challenges on Love Island, he’s working with various companies, developing new formats.