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Iconoclasts - Series 2 - Episode 3

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Edward Stourton chairs a live discussion series in which guests set out their strong views on a subject, before being challenged by a panel of experts. Cambridge lawyer, Prof John Spencer, says that we should make it legal for young teenagers to have sex. He says the age of consent, fixed at 16 by the Sexual Offences Act 2003, makes criminals of half the population.