Earlier this week the Polish Children’s rights minister Ewa Sowinska ordered a psychological panel to determine if the Teletubbies were suitable for TV.

Original story here.

The Sydney Morning Herald has the change of heart by Polish officials.

Ewa Sowinska, who had earlier announced her suspicions about the Teletubby named Tinky Winky, said that her fears had been allayed by an expert.

“The opinion of a leading sexologist, who maintained that this series has no negative effects on a child’s psychology, is perfectly credible,” she said in a statement today.

“As a result I have decided that it is no longer necessary to seek the opinion of other psychologists.”

On Monday, Sowinska, a former lawmaker from the far-right, ultra-Catholic League of Polish Families (LPR), had said she was planning to gather a group of experts to investigate The Teletubbies.

…She subsequently faced widespread criticism and ridicule, even within her own political camp.

Tinky Winky, Dipsy, Laa-Laa and Po will not be psychologically dissected or taken off Polish stations. The tubbies are seen in 120 countries, in 45 languages.