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
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