Nah, they just wanted to rest it for a couple of years while they launched Push The Button and tried a few other things, they were always going to bring it back they said, but I don't think the intention was to have a four year gap.
Btw...I did a bit of searching, and I've managed to find Little Ant's Facebook *stalker*
it's quite weird to see what he looks like now, PM me if you want the link.