This article is about the British TV show. For the Irish show, see Family Fortunes (Irish TV series). For the history book, see Leonore Davidoff.
Family Fortunes
Genre
Game show
Based on
Family Feud by Mark Goodson
Presented by
Bob Monkhouse (1980–83)
Max Bygraves (1983–85)
Les Dennis (1987–2002)
Andy Collins (2002)
Gino D'Acampo (2020–)
Narrated by
Andrew Lodge
Stephen Rhodes
Peter Dickson
Roger Tilling
Penny Layden
Theme music composer
Jack Parnell & David Lindup (1980–85)
Mike Alexander (1987–2002)
Ash Alexander & Simon Darlow (2006–15)
Marc Sylvan (2020–)
Country of origin
United Kingdom
Original language
English
No. of series
22 (original)
2 (revival)
No. of episodes
575 (original)
30 (revival)
Production
Production locations
ATV Elstree (1980–83)[1]
Central House (1984–89)[2]
Television House (1990–2002)[2]
Television Centre, London (2020)
The Maidstone Studios (2021–)
Running time
30 minutes (inc. adverts, 1980–2002)
60 minutes (inc. adverts, 2020–present)
Production companies
ATV in association with Talbot Television and Goodson-Todman Productions (1980–1981)
Central in association with Talbot Television and Goodson-Todman Productions (1982–1998)
Carlton in association with Grundy Pearson Television (1999–2001)
Thames (2020–)
Original release
Network
ITV
Release
6 January 1980 (1980-01-06) – 6 December 2002 (2002-12-06)
Release
20 September 2020 (2020-09-20) – present
Related
Family Feud
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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 30 December 2002. A celebrity version, All Star Family Fortunes, followed from 2006 to 2015. In 2020, the original version of the show returned after 18 years with Gino D'Acampo as host.[3]
The game involves two families providing answers to 'everyday questions' that were surveyed by 100 members of the British public before the show to win prizes (mainly cash). The top answers to the surveys are displayed on a large electronic board, christened by Bob Monkhouse as "Mr. Babbage".
Monkhouse was responsible for changing the name of the show to Family Fortunes as he felt that "feud" sounded too aggressive.[4]
^"Elstree – ATV & BBC". TV Studio History. Archived from the original on 19 December 2021. Retrieved 25 July 2020.
^ ab"Ex-ITV Regional Studios". TV Studio History. Archived from the original on 19 December 2021. Retrieved 25 July 2020.
^Edwards, Chris (1 July 2020). "Family Fortunes reboot series with Gino D'Acampo officially announced by ITV". Digital Spy. Archived from the original on 1 July 2020. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
^"Fortunes favours the brave". Leicester Mercury. 21 July 2020. Archived from the original on 4 December 2022 – via PressReader.
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