The BBC has changed the words of Humpty Dumpty on one of its children's programmes to give the accident-prone character a happy ending.

The words had been changed for a CBeebies programme Something Special, presented by Justin Fletcher, where instead of the old version

"Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall.

Humpty Dumpty had a great fall.

All the king's horses and all the king's men

Couldn't put Humpty together again"

The last line was altered to:

"Made Humpty Dumpty happy again."

Labour MP Tom Harris watched the show along with his sons aged three and five, said it was ‘ horrible’

"For goodness sake, kids should be exposed to real life a bit, not cosseted away," he said.

"We need to stop this moronic activity. Let them see colourful and violent cartoons, and let them be children," he added.

"This is what happens when adults try to make these kinds of judgments," Harris said.

The MP for Glasgow South said yesterday: "For goodness sake. Obviously children will find it far too violent, distressing and horrific that Humpty should not be put together again."

Nick Seaton, chairman of The Campaign for Real Education said change of words made him upset.

"Nursery rhymes are a gentle way to ease children into the real world," he explained.

"Children are being told everything is rosy and aren't being raised to confront problems," he said.

BBC spokesman stresses that the change is creative and entertaining.

"We play nursery rhymes with their original lyrics all the time and the small change to Humpty Dumpty was done for no other reason than being creative and entertaining," BBC spokesman said.