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(September 2005)

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JO
Jon
harshy posted:

I guess the new Family Fortunes will be based at the South Bank, since the original set is now a uni.

Wouldnt the orignal of been made in ATV/Cantral Birmingham studios?
But still I surposed it doesnt realy make a difference.
AS
Aston
wells posted:
harshy posted:

I guess the new Family Fortunes will be based at the South Bank, since the original set is now a uni.

Wouldnt the orignal of been made in ATV/Cantral Birmingham studios?
But still I surposed it doesnt realy make a difference.


It was made by Central in Nottingham at Lenton Lane, just like Bullseye...
JA
james2001 Founding member
The earliest editions of both shows wouldn't have been, as the Lenton Lane studios didn't even exist at the time!
JO
Jon
Aston posted:
wells posted:
harshy posted:

I guess the new Family Fortunes will be based at the South Bank, since the original set is now a uni.

Wouldnt the orignal of been made in ATV/Cantral Birmingham studios?
But still I surposed it doesnt realy make a difference.


It was made by Central in Nottingham at Lenton Lane, just like Bullseye...

Sorry I new that the 1980's im on about!
AS
Aston
wells posted:
Aston posted:
wells posted:
harshy posted:

I guess the new Family Fortunes will be based at the South Bank, since the original set is now a uni.

Would the original HAVE been made AT ATV/Central Birmingham studios?
But still I suppose it doesn't really make a difference.


It was made by Central in Nottingham at Lenton Lane, just like Bullseye...

Sorry I new that the 1980's im on about!


In which case I can't help you.

However, I CAN help you with a few points on grammar.

Arrow "new" should have a "k"
Arrow "im" should have an apostrophe
Arrow you could do with a comma too

Good luck with your GCSE English exam Wink

Oh, and I've also amended your original post too.

Aston
Grammar Police
JO
Jon
Aston posted:
Good luck with your GCSE English exam Wink

Thanks but I did them in the summer.
AS
Aston
wells posted:
Aston posted:
Good luck with your GCSE English exam Wink

Thanks but I did them in the summer.


I won't ask how you scored.
JC
Jack Carkdale
Juicy Joe posted:
Strange they used mid-90's Family Fortunes titles/logo, a 2001-2003 set and a 1983 Central ident. A bit of a mix there I reckon.


Unlike many gameshows, which have the same actual tune (but different "mixes"/arrangements thereof) forever, I'm sure that FF totally got a totally new tune when Les Dennis first took over (which then got "remixed" every few years - i.e. whenever the title sequence was changed - as per usual), completely different from the Monkhouse/Bygraves era theme tune(s).

I imagine that the Ant & Dec version must have chosen to use the Les Dennis/Andy Collins era tune because it's the one that nowadays would be most remembered by Mr/Mrs Average Viewer. But they've had it especially re-done in a more "traditional gameshow" style (i.e. cheesy band/orchestra style, rather than the "synthetic 1990's" style that it was actually originally done in) to fit in better with the "cheesy" tone of the other gameshows of the Marathon.
CO
Colm
There was a slight connection between the Bob/Max and Les/Andy Family Fortunes theme tunes.

The main part of the 1979-1985 theme, the "daa-daa-daa-da-da" (try singing "Family Fortunes" along to it) was used as the intro to the 1987-1992 theme.

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