Woman's Hour - 06/08/2008

Presented by Jenni Murray. Including: Singer Jane McDonald talks about her latest album, which she is releasing on her own label. She discusses how it feels to revisit The Cruise, which made her famous ten years ago. Should sex education be compulsory in all schools? Simon Blake from the Brook Advisory Service and Eileen McCloy of Not With My Child join Jenni to discuss the issues. Novelist Val McDermid joins Jenni to discuss From the Ban to the Booker, a two-part documentary which explores how writers of lesbian fiction like Jeanette Winterson, Ali Smith and Sarah Waters took their narratives into the mainstream and in doing so won themselves a clutch of awards. Lorraine Sams is one of the few women greyhound racing trainers in the country. Lizz Pearson meets her at her kennels in Essex. Including drama Inside the Whale (8/10).