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
Bob Monkhouse denied, that he had taken bribes to include branded goods on the programme as advertisements. He returned in 1974 after comedians Norman Vaughan and Charlie Williams were found wanting. The dozens of other shows Monkhouse presented included "Celebrity Squares", "Family Fortunes" and "Bob's Full House". Audiences regularly topped 15 million. In the late 1980s he hosted two series of the revival of the talent show "Opportunity Knocks", which aired as "Bob Says Opportunity Knocks." He then moved to ITV to front two more game shows, "Bob's Your Uncle" and the "$64,000 Dollar Question", neither of which were popular successes. Between