Family Fortunes the sound-proof booth caused Bob to overhear his partner say Chicken for the 3rd question; thus, the answer of turkey was stuck in his head. After the taping, Bob's wife offered producer William G. Stewart £100 not to air the show, but when Stewart advised her it cost the production company £38,000 to produce the one episode, she declined to pursue the matter any further. The original theme music was used from 1980 to 1985, and was composed by Jack Parnell and David Lindup. This was during the Bob Monkhouse and Max Bygraves eras. In 1987 when Les Dennis became
Gameshow Marathon (UK game show) format) on ITV, the latter hosted by one of the "Gameshow Marathon" celebrities, Vernon Kay. (Ironically, on Kay's "Family Fortunes", the Vorderman family would play the game again. They did not win on their second attempt, however. Les Dennis presented the prizes each week to the winners of the home viewer competition. "Gameshow Marathon" was presented by series 1 runner-up Vernon Kay. The programme aired every Saturday night on ITV from 7 April to 26 May 2007. The shows that were played were: The celebrities competing in series 2 were: There was a slight change to the format for this