Family Fortunes a large electronic board, known as "Mr. Babbage", which famously sounds a wrong answer "Eh-uhh" sound effect and its accompanying X to signal the strike, as well as a "ding" (for a right answer). "Family Fortunes" was first hosted by comedian Bob Monkhouse (1980–83) then by singer and entertainer Max Bygraves (1983–85). After being rested for the whole of 1986, the show returned on 27 June 1987 with Les Dennis as presenter, and had a consistently successful run for the next 15 years. It was then moved out of peak time and became a daily daytime show hosted by Andy
Bob Monkhouse were many radio and TV shows long thought lost. Dick Fiddy, the archivist, said "It's a huge, unwieldy collection which deals with a number of areas. It's not just film and TV. Initially, we found half a dozen TV shows that we knew to be missing." Amongst those shows rediscovered were many that feature Monkhouse himself, including "The Flip Side", a 1966 play in which he starred as a television DJ with his own late night show, and the 1957/58 series of his comedy "My Pal Bob" including an episode in which he is suspected of an extramarital affair. The