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
Les Dennis team, with host Michael Aspel coming onto the set just at the conclusion of one episode to present Les with the "big red book" and to say "This is your life" to a shocked Dennis. Aspel had arranged for the "Family Fortunes" buzzer to keep sounding at the end of the episode where Dennis usually says goodbye to the viewers, and to have the words "Les Dennis Tonight..." appear on the "Family Fortunes" big studio screen, much to the bewilderment of Dennis, who realised what was happening only when he turned around and saw Michael Aspel walking onto the set.