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 similar to the rule in the United States since 2003 (where only three are assured a face-off, and the fifth player only participates in a golden answer face-off if neither family reaches 300), despite the programme being a 45-minute production now instead of the original 30-minute slot. This version ended on 14 June 2015 after 126 episodes over 12 series. Many of the Bob Monkhouse episodes have been wiped from the archives, with Episode 1 from Series 1, Episode 23 from Series 2, Episodes 2 & 5 from Series 3 and Episodes 1-12 & 15-26 from Series 4 surviving the