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 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