Woman's Hour - 06/04/2009

With Sheila McClennon. Actress and comedian Maureen Lipman discusses directing, dating and her debut as Madame Armfeldt, the upper crust ex-courtesan, in Trevor Nunn's critically-acclaimed production of A Little Night Music. Latest figures from the Office for National Statistics show a steady rise in the number of only children. In 1972, 18 per cent of children were living in a one child household, now it's 26 per cent. So does being an only child create a more motivated adult, a spoilt adult or does it really make any difference? Sheila is joined by Damon Syson, journalist and father of one; Ann Richardson, a psychotherapist specialising in single child adults, and an only child herself; and Anastasia De Waal, Head of Family and Education at Civitas, and youngest of five. All-girl a cappella trio Juice perform live in the studio, and explain how they make some of their more extraordinary vocals. Ski jumping has been part of the Olympic Winter Games since 1924 but has only involved male competitors. Now a group of women ski jumpers have filed a lawsuit on the grounds of sexual discrimination against the Vancouver Olympic Organising Committee because of their failure to be included in 2010 Winter Olympics. Sheila talks to the BBC's Olympics Correspondent Gordon Farquhar about the issue Including drama: Restless.