Les Dennis has blasted accusations that he was 'racist' whilst hosting Family Fortunes between 1987 and 2002.
The former game show presenter says he is annoyed after a video appeared on Youtube titled 'Racist Family Fortunes', which claims he mocked contestants with 'racist jokes'.
The video - which was first posted online in 2015 - shows a black family, with the surname Brown, appearing on the show and the video maker claims Les mocked the contestants.
The 67-year-old says he is devastated and horrified by being labelled 'racist' and says that Family Fortunes was the 'most diverse' show on TV when it was on the air.
Les discussed the clip - which has had over 50,000 views - during an appearance on the Behind The Scenes With Colin Edmonds podcast and fumed that he hopes the video creator can "sleep at night" after posting the footage.
"I was very proud that at that time..." Les told.
"I think it was (race equality expert) Trevor Phillips that said it - we were the most diverse game show on television and we really had that mixture of families from the fantastic multicultural UK that we have."
The star continued: "Something that has made me very upset, on YouTube, there's an episode that says Racist Family Fortunes, somebody has posted it and people are looking at it.
"When you look at it, it's because the family were called the Brown Family and it is suggested that we were being racist and we picked that family to have a joke and of course it wasn't that and I think whoever posted that I hope he can sleep at night."
Family Fortunes is now hosted by Italian chef Gino D'Acampo.
In June 2020, This Morning chef Gino was announced as the presenter of the revived ITV quiz show.
Comedian Bob Monkhouse fronted the original show for three years between 1980 and 1983 before singer Max Bygraves took the reigns for just a year.
Les made the show a huge success as he became the longest-running host.
He became known for his famous catchphrases including: "If it's [the answer] up there, I'll give you the money myself!"
Les did actually have to cough up from his own wallet on one occasion.
A contestant was asked to name 'A way of toasting someone' to which they replied 'over fire'.
Sticking to his word, Les gave them the £12 prize money out of his own pocket.
Taking over from Les, Vernon Kay then presented the celebrity edition of the show between 2006 and 2015.
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