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
Family Fortunes (Irish TV series) commented "[Presenter Alan] Hughes gasped and goofed like a vat of fake tan, teeth-whitener and Just For Men which had come to life during a lightning storm". Family Fortunes (Irish TV series) Alan Hughes' Family Fortunes is an Irish television game show, based on the American game show "Family Feud". Hosted by Alan Hughes it airs on TV3 on Saturday nights at 9pm. Starting 24 March, the show took a break to accommodate TV3 simultaneous broadcas Two family teams, each with five members, would be asked to guess the results of surveys, in which 100 people would be asked open