Bob Monkhouse was the one that suggested that the show should be called "Family Fortunes", as he felt that the American title "Family Feud" was too aggressive.
Runners-up would receive a framed photograph of both teams and the host.
Was the first UK gameshow to offer a £3000 prize-money jackpot.
During the early years of the show, the electronic scoreboard was referred to as Mr Babbage - this was an homage to English inventor and mathematician Charles Babbage (1791-1871), who came up with the concept of a programmable computer.
When Bob Monkhouse left the series,in 1983, he was replaced by entertainer Max Bygraves. However, it soon became clear that Bygraves lacked Monkhouse's natural spontaneous wit, charm and charisma and was unsuited to a gameshow. He left after a second season in 1985, before the show went off air for two years, eventually returning for a Christmas special in 1987, but now hosted by Les Dennis.