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Matthew cox

Hello, I’m Matt. Thanks for visiting my brand-new Drumroll website.

I am a British showrunner who makes reality shows and docuseries for both UK & US markets. I’ve just wrapped on E!’s latest celebrity reality show, Plastic Surgery Rewind with host Michelle Visage and Botched’s Dr Terry Dubrow which is due to premiere this spring ‘25. And right before that I made Peacock's Couple To Throuple hosted by Scott Evans which premiered in March ’24.

over 25 years

of experience

I’ve created, co-created, written, pitched, produced & delivered premium reality shows, high concept factual-entertainment formats, tough access docs, formatted docuseries, dating shows and landmark event shows for major networks & streamers in both the UK & the US; including NBCU’s Peacock, E! & Bravo, Oxygen, Netflix, TLC, Lifetime, Discovery ID, ITV, BBC, C4, Five and Sky.

Best known for A&E’s Emmy Award winning The Day I Picked My Parents, ITV’s BAFTA winning The Queen's 90'th Birthday Celebrations, Netflix’s 100% Hotter, My DNA Mystery: The Real Life Mamma Mia on TLC, ITV2’s Secret Crush, Inside The Manson Cult: The Lost Tapes on Fox, Discovery’s My Shocking Story: The Man With No Face, Five’s Alive: Back To The Andes and also Extraordinary People: Tree Man The Cure, C4’s Shooting Britney and also Celebrity Trash Monsters: What's Your Waste Size? and was Executive Producer for two years of ITV’s British people's award show The Pride Of Britain Awards.

I also once guest directed a Downton Abbey special for ITV.

I’ve created, co-created, written, pitched, produced & delivered premium reality shows, high concept factual-entertainment formats, tough access docs, formatted docuseries, dating shows and landmark event shows for major networks & streamers in both the UK & the US; including NBCU’s Peacock, E! & Bravo, Oxygen, Netflix, TLC, Lifetime, Discovery ID, ITV, BBC, C4, Five and Sky.

Best known for A&E’s Emmy Award winning The Day I Picked My Parents, ITV’s BAFTA winning The Queen's 90'th Birthday Celebrations, Netflix’s 100% Hotter, My DNA Mystery: The Real Life Mamma Mia on TLC, ITV2’s Secret Crush, Inside The Manson Cult: The Lost Tapes on Fox, Discovery’s My Shocking Story: The Man With No Face, Five’s Alive: Back To The Andes and also Extraordinary People: Tree Man The Cure, C4’s Shooting Britney and also Celebrity Trash Monsters: What's Your Waste Size? and was Executive Producer for two years of ITV’s British people's award show The Pride Of Britain Awards.

I also once guest directed a Downton Abbey special for ITV.

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While Drumroll is still a baby, Matthew is still for hire as a Showrunner on both sides of the Atlantic. In 2023 he was hired by Naked, a Fremantle Label to make Peacock’s Couple To Throuple. Here’s the trailer…