Family Fortunes is still one of my favourite TV Shows and I watch it regularly if I'm in on ITV. Nowadays it's called All Star Family Fortunes and is hosted by Vernon Kay who I think is very good and has injected new life into it which it probably needed. Having said that from when it began many years ago it's been successful and is a good idea for a gameshow. The previous hosts included Bob Monkhouse and Les Dennis who were also pretty good. The way the game works is that you get two families on opposite sides competing against one another each made up of five family members like father, mother, sons, daughters or wives and husbands. They each stand on ...  Read the complete review

Family Fortunes is a British quiz show that began in 1980 with hosts Bob Monkhouse, Max Bygracves and Les Dennis. It featured two families who competed against each other to win the most points to go through the end game. In 2006 the show was revived with a new host Vernon Kay and is now called All star Family Fortunes and as the name suggests one of each of the families is a celebrity and they play to win money for their chosen charity. So the normal original version had two families of five members with one being chosen as the head of the family. The host would then ask them to introduce their members and have some funny or witty stories to share. Once ...  Read the complete review

Family Fortunes is a long running game show from ITV. Past hosts of the show include Bob Monkhouse, Les Denis and most recently Vernon Kay. The show is a competition between two families made up of five contestants each. The object of the game is to find the top answers for a question which was asked where a 100 people were surveyed. For example, you may have to find the top 7 answers when people were asked about things you do with your eyes shut. Points build up each time a correct answer is found and the winning team at the end of each round is either the team which finds all the correct answers without loosing their 3 lives. Once a team looses ...  Read the complete review

The fact that this programme has run on and on for years is ample testament to its durability and resonance with the British public. Surviving a number of presenters over the years, Family Fortunes was initially opened for business in 1980, with the late and inimitable Bob Monkouse playing our ever - affable host. Since then, the show has seen a successon of well - known hosts, such as Max Bygraves, Les Dennis, Andy Collins and latterly Vernon Kay. The basic format is two families pitted against one another, in a guessing, or common sense game based on 'random' surveys of one hundred people covering a range of topics or situations drawn from real life. The ...  Read the complete review

This was one show that I used to watch religiously as a child - and looking back I have absolutely no idea why! When they brought back the celbrity version with vernon Kay I did watch it but I got a bit bored with the celebrities they had on - I know it was all for charity but the spot prizes they now seem to win seemed a bit odd - most of these people were not short of a bob or two and the prize was a week-end in a health spa - I expect they got paid for appearing on the show as well so not totally charity minded I think. Right rant over - the host would ask two of the contestant a question - the first to the buzzer answers and you see if it is the ...  Read the complete review