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
Bob Monkhouse Bob Monkhouse Robert Alan Monkhouse (1 June 1928 – 29 December 2003) was an English entertainer and comedian. He was a comedy writer, comedian and actor and was also well known on television as a presenter and game show host. He was probably best known for being host of the TV game shows "The Golden Shot", "Celebrity Squares", and "Family Fortunes". Monkhouse was born on 1 June 1928 at 168 Bromley Road, Beckenham, Kent, the son of Wilfred Adrian Monkhouse (1894–1957) and Dorothy Muriel Monkhouse "née" Hansard (1895–1971). Monkhouse had an elder brother, John, who was born in 1922. Monkhouse's