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
Family Fortunes were shown on ITV. The first special was called "Family Misfortunes" in 2000 followed by "More Family Misfortunes" in 2001. In 2002, a third special programme, presented by Andy Collins, called "Family Misfortunes 3" featured clips only from the Les Dennis and Andy Collins eras of the programme. On 29 October 2005, "Family Fortunes" returned as the "grand final" of "Ant & Dec's Gameshow Marathon", a series of revivals of former popular ITV game shows shown to mark the channel's 50th anniversary, and hosted by its most ubiquitous presenters of recent years. This show had Carol Vorderman and Vernon Kay