Family Fortunes (1980)

Genre

game show

Country

United Kingdom

Length

19 seasons, 410 episodes

Rating

7.5 of 10 from 4 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Two families of five compete by guessing the most popular answers to survey questions about everyday life. The team that gives the top responses wins cash prizes.

lightheartedplayfulupbeatnostalgicwarmfamily-friendlybreezycompetitive

What happens

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. A celebrity version, All Star Family Fortunes, followed from 2006 to 2015. In 2020, the original version of the show returned after 17 years with Gino D'Acampo as host which ran until 2023. A third series of 10 episodes was planned for broadcast but was shelved in February 2025 following sexual misconduct allegations aimed towards D'Acampo on other ITV shows. The game involves two families each consisting of five members 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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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