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
Les Dennis "Alan Carr's Celebrity Ding Dong" in 2008; he began the episode by mentioning how the set was a ripoff of the "Family Fortunes" set, only to have Alan Carr interrupt him by making an "X" with his arms and imitating the infamous "UH-UHH!" sound. In 2009, Dennis played Herbert Soppitt in J. B. Priestley's "When We Are Married" at the West Yorkshire Playhouse, Leeds and the Playhouse, Liverpool. At Christmas 2009, he returned to the Liverpool Empire to appear in "Peter Pan" with Fonz actor Henry Winkler and again in 2010 to play the role of Aladdin's brother, Wishee Washee