The following extract is from an article by Debbie Pogue for The Mirror newspaper.

INSTEAD of waiting until she felt ready, Davina McCall caved in to pressure and had sex way too early.

Rather than it being a special moment, she threw her virginity away. And she bitterly regrets it.

"I lost my virginity at too young an age," admits Davina, speaking exclusively to the Mirror. "I won't say how young in case my granny is reading this!

"I got cajoled into it - as many young girls do.

"If I'd had the sort of education that is on offer now I probably would have had the strength to say no.

"I vaguely remember having one sex education lesson once, which didn't even attempt to put it in the context of a loving relationship.

"This came at an age where we'd been reading Harold Robbins books under the duvet with a torch, so we'd already picked up the wrong end of the stick anyway."

No wonder she feels so strongly about the compulsory introduction of Personal and Social Health Education (PSHE) in schools.

She even argues the case in Friday's Channel 4 show, Let's Talk Sex, hoping it will spark a national debate.

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And don't forget, if you missed the series when it was originally broadcast last year in Channel 4's morning learning slot, you can see Let's Talk Sex, fronted by Davina, tonight at 8pm.