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
Peter Dickson (announcer) "Family Fortunes" starring Les Dennis, and Patrick Kielty's Channel 4's "Last Chance Lottery Live". He provided the commentaries for the world record attempts on Sky 1's "Guinness World Records Smashed" in 2009. He has also contributed to 11 series of the award-winning BBC One panel game "They Think It's All Over" presented by Nick Hancock, "Catchphrase", "TV's Naughtiest Blunders" and "Safe" for ITV and the cult animation series "Monkey Dust" for BBC in which he famously played himself. His other TV credits include "Never Mind The Buzzcocks", roles in "Holby City", "Noel's House Party" and "Live & Kicking", "The 10%'ers"