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Bizzare. 
Ch4 is apparently reviving the show, but with celebrities and their families.
They're also keen to bring back Mr & Mrs and Celebrity Squares!
Here's the full article from The Mirror
CAN you believe it has been three years since ITV canned Family Fortunes? (Our survey says uuh uhh.) Well, it has - and now the show is all set to return... with a few changes.
Firstly, it will be on Channel 4 and, secondly, like most programmes these days, it will have the word "Celebrity" in front of it.
Yup, rather than have Joe Public taking part, the all-new version will only feature stars and their families.
But who'll host it? Well, after much searching, bosses have lined up none other than Dame Edna Everage to step into Les Dennis's old shoes.
There is one hitch though - the Australian "housewife-turned-megastar" is a bit tied up at the moment. So it looks as if TV chiefs might have to put the show on ice until the, ahem, "lady" has a window in her diary.
Our spy tells us: "The problem is that Dame Edna's Broadway show, Back With A Vengeance, has done really well and its run has been extended until June. She'd agreed to do Celebrity Family Fortunes in principle, so bosses now have to decide whether to wait for her or get someone else."
Other early candidates for the job had included Vic Reeves and funnyman Bill Bailey but our source adds: "They are still keen to get Dame Edna and even flew out to New York to try to find a way round the problem.
"Unfortunately, there isn't much they can do before the summer."
Of course, this isn't the first time celebs have been panellists on the show - there were a couple of specials in 2001.
One memorably pitched EastEnders against Corrie - when Sid Owen was asked what men do to prepare for a date, he answered: "Take Viagra."
But it isn't just Family Fortunes that is staging a comeback... Bosses at retro-tastic C4 are also keen to breathe new life into Mr And Mrs (again) and Celebrity Squares.
Break out the flares, the 70s are upon us once more...
Ch4 is apparently reviving the show, but with celebrities and their families.
They're also keen to bring back Mr & Mrs and Celebrity Squares!
Here's the full article from The Mirror
CAN you believe it has been three years since ITV canned Family Fortunes? (Our survey says uuh uhh.) Well, it has - and now the show is all set to return... with a few changes.
Firstly, it will be on Channel 4 and, secondly, like most programmes these days, it will have the word "Celebrity" in front of it.
Yup, rather than have Joe Public taking part, the all-new version will only feature stars and their families.
But who'll host it? Well, after much searching, bosses have lined up none other than Dame Edna Everage to step into Les Dennis's old shoes.
There is one hitch though - the Australian "housewife-turned-megastar" is a bit tied up at the moment. So it looks as if TV chiefs might have to put the show on ice until the, ahem, "lady" has a window in her diary.
Our spy tells us: "The problem is that Dame Edna's Broadway show, Back With A Vengeance, has done really well and its run has been extended until June. She'd agreed to do Celebrity Family Fortunes in principle, so bosses now have to decide whether to wait for her or get someone else."
Other early candidates for the job had included Vic Reeves and funnyman Bill Bailey but our source adds: "They are still keen to get Dame Edna and even flew out to New York to try to find a way round the problem.
"Unfortunately, there isn't much they can do before the summer."
Of course, this isn't the first time celebs have been panellists on the show - there were a couple of specials in 2001.
One memorably pitched EastEnders against Corrie - when Sid Owen was asked what men do to prepare for a date, he answered: "Take Viagra."
But it isn't just Family Fortunes that is staging a comeback... Bosses at retro-tastic C4 are also keen to breathe new life into Mr And Mrs (again) and Celebrity Squares.
Break out the flares, the 70s are upon us once more...