Family Fortunes is a British television game show based on the American game show Family Feud. The programme ran on ITV from 6 January 1980 to 6 December 2002 before being revived by the same channel in 2006 under the title of All Star Family Fortunes. The game involves two families providing answers to 'everyday questions' that were surveyed by 100 members of the British public before the show (e.g. 'Name something usually done in the dark') to win cash prizes (and sometimes mystery prizes for giving a correct answer). The top answers to the surveys are displayed on a large electronic board, originally known as "Mr. Babbage", which famously sounds a wrong answer "Duh-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 Collins, but it only had a short run in this format before being axed.
In 2006, the series was revived with Vernon Kay as host, and was renamed All Star Family Fortunes, as each team consisted of a celebrity and four family members. The show was also transmitted back to peak time. Prize money goes to a charity of the celebrity's choice, and contestants being either celebrity families, or a group of actors famous for playing a fictional family. Several Christmas specials of All Star Family Fortunes have aired as well.
Rating: 6.40/10 (avg out of 281 votes)
Family Fortunes Airs: Friday
Family Fortunes Status: Ended
FAMILY FORTUNES - General Information
Series Premiere: January 06, 1980 Classification: Game Show Genre: Action | Game-Show Network: ITV1 Airs: Friday at 12:00 am Runtime: 60 Minutes
FAMILY FORTUNES - Season 1 -- 26 Episodes
1x1 -- Jan 06, 1980 -- Episode 1 1x2 -- Jan 13, 1980 -- Episode 2 1x3 -- Jan 20, 1980 -- Episode 3 1x4 -- Jan 27, 1980 -- Episode 4 1x5 -- Feb 03, 1980 -- Episode 5 1x6 -- Feb 10, 1980 -- Episode 6 1x7 -- Feb 17, 1980 -- Episode 7 1x8 -- Feb 24, 1980 -- Episode 8 1x9 -- Mar 02, 1980 -- Episode 9 1x10 -- Mar 09, 1980 -- Episode 10 1x11 -- Mar 16, 1980 -- Episode 11 1x12 -- Mar 23, 1980 -- Episode 12 1x13 -- Mar 30, 1980 -- Episode 13 1x14 -- Apr 06, 1980 -- Episode 14 1x15 -- Apr 13, 1980 -- Episode 15 1x16 -- Apr 20, 1980 -- Episode 16 1x17 -- Apr 27, 1980 -- Episode 17 1x18 -- May 04, 1980 -- Episode 18 1x19 -- May 11, 1980 -- Episode 19 1x20 -- May 18, 1980 -- Episode 20 1x21 -- May 25, 1980 -- Episode 21 1x22 -- Jun 01, 1980 -- Episode 22 1x23 -- Jun 08, 1980 -- Episode 23 1x24 -- Jun 15, 1980 -- Episode 24 1x25 -- Jun 22, 1980 -- Episode 25 1x26 -- Jul 06, 1980 -- Episode 26
