Well yes, in so far as its a story often read by a famous face. But no, in that its only 5 mins long and for much much smaller kids. I heard they were bringing back Jackanory. I'm really looking forward to it - think they should just show the best of the old ones like Rik Mayall doing Geotges Marvellous Medicine (off topic: does anyone know if you can get that on DVD?)