A hospital has launched a fundraising initiative to provide books to children and young people during their hospital stay.

Parents and grandparents have been urged to read more stories to youngsters. And to celebrate 50 years since Jackanory was first commissioned, author Steve Cole gives his recommendations of some of ...

Veteran actor Bernard Cribbins has said he would like to see the children's storytelling series Jackanory return in its original format. "I do wish that it could be brought back in the form that it ...

​Lee Montague, who has died aged 97, was one of Britain’s best character actors and one of the few who was consistently excellent on stage, television and film. It is doubtful if he ...

CBBC today unveils the new-look Jackanory, which is set to burst onto screens at the end of November. Academy and Bafta Award-winning actor Sir Ben Kingsley narrates The Magician of Samarkand, a ...

Academy Award and Bafta Award-winning actor Sir Ben Kingsley, whose versatility has seen him play everyone from Gandhi to a gangster in Sexy Beast, is now turning his talents to narrating children's ...

As if by magic, computer-animated genies and goblins will bring Jackanory back to BBC1 next Monday after an absence of more than 10 years. John Sessions appears in Muddle Earth to narrate the first ...

The very name brings back memories of cosy teatimes by the fire and the simple pleasure of a good story. Now Jackanory, the classic BBC children's show, is about to return after a decade off air, ...

For more than 30 years, children sat down to watch presenters - from Prince Charles to Dawn French - reading stories on Jackanory. A decade after its demise, the BBC is planning to revive the children ...

Earle, 87, was a private school teacher when he attacked the lad who was aged nine to 13 AN ex-Jackanory kids’ TV storyteller has admitted six sexual assaults on a boy six decades ago. John Earle, 87, ...

Author Steve Cole gives his recommendations of some of the best stories to read aloud for children up to age 11 Get daily headlines and breaking news alerts for FREE by signing up to our newsletter We ...