Sex Education

Series Details:

Cast & Character:

Main

• Asa Butterfield as Otis Milburn, a socially awkward teenager who gives sex advice to his peers
• Gillian Anderson as Jean Milburn, Otis’s mother and a well-known sex therapist
• Ncuti Gatwa as Eric Effiong, Otis’s openly gay best friend who comes from a religious Ghanaian-Nigerian family
• Emma Mackey as Maeve Wiley, an intelligent but troubled teenager who runs a sex therapy clinic with Otis
• Connor Swindells as Adam Groff, the headmaster’s son and Eric’s bully-turned-love interest
• Kedar Williams-Stirling as Jackson Marchetti, the head boy at Moordale Secondary School and a swimming champion
• Alistair Petrie as Michael Groff, the headmaster of Moordale Secondary School and Adam’s strict father
• Mimi Keene as Ruby Matthews, a popular girl at Moordale Secondary School and the leader of the Untouchables clique
• Aimee Lou Wood as Aimee Gibbs, a former member of the Untouchables who becomes friends with Maeve
• Chaneil Kular as Anwar Bakshi (series 1–3), a member of the Untouchables
• Simone Ashley as Olivia Hanan (series 1–3), a member of the Untouchables
• Tanya Reynolds as Lily Iglehart (series 1–3), a girl who writes alien erotica
• Patricia Allison as Ola Nyman (series 1–3), a pansexual girl who joins Moordale Secondary School
• Mikael Persbrandt as Jakob Nyman (series 1–3), Ola’s father and a widowed Swedish plumber who develops a relationship with Jean
• Anne-Marie Duff as Erin Wiley (series 2–3), a drug addict and the absent mother of Maeve, Sean and Elsie
• James Purefoy as Remi Milburn (series 2; guest series 1), Otis’s father and Jean’s ex-husband, a therapist and sex addict who lives in America
• Rakhee Thakrar as Emily Sands (series 3; recurring series 1–2; guest series 4), an English teacher at Moordale Secondary School
• Jemima Kirke as Hope Haddon (series 3), the new headmistress at Moordale Secondary School and Michael Groff’s replacement

Recurring

• Jim Howick as Colin Hendricks (series 1–3; guest series 4), a science teacher at Moordale Secondary School who conducts the Swing Band
• Samantha Spiro as Maureen Groff, the headmaster’s wife and Adam’s mother
• Hannah Waddingham as Sofia Marchetti (series 1–2 and 4; guest series 3), one of Jackson’s mothers
• Sharon Duncan-Brewster as Roz Marchetti (series 1–2 and 4), Jackson’s other mother
• DeObia Oparei as Abeo Effiong (series 1), Eric’s concerned and protective father
• Doreene Blackstock as Beatrice Effiong, Eric’s supportive mother
• Chris Jenks as Steve Morley (series 1–3), a student at Moordale Secondary School, who becomes Aimee’s boyfriend
• Lisa Palfrey as Cynthia (series 1–3), the owner of the caravan park where Maeve lives
• Daniel Ings as Dan (series 1, 3–4), Joy’s real father
• Joe Wilkinson as Jeffrey, Cynthia’s husband
• Jojo Macari as Kyle (series 1; guest series 2–3), one of Aimee’s ex-boyfriends
• Edward Bluemel as Sean Wiley (series 1 and 4), Maeve’s absent older brother who raised her instead of their parents
• Chinenye Ezeudu as Vivienne ‘Viv’ Odusanya (series 2–4), a girl who tutors Jackson and is a member of the quiz team
• George Robinson as Isaac Goodwin (series 2–4), a disabled boy who lives on the same campsite as Maeve
• George Somner as Joe Goodwin (series 2–4), Isaac’s brother and carer who lives on Maeve’s campsite
• Conor Clarke McGrath as Connor Pearson (series 2–4), a student at Moordale Secondary School
• Sami Outalbali as Rahim Harrack (series 2–3), a French exchange student who shows an interest in Eric
• Lino Facioli as Dex Thompson (series 2–3), a member of the quiz team
• Mirren Mack as Florence (series 2), an asexual student at Moordale Secondary School
• George Georgiou as Yousef (series 2), the owner of the local shop and Rahim’s uncle
• Armin Karima as Malek Amir (series 2–3), Olivia Hanan’s boyfriend
• Conor Donovan as Quentin (series 2–3), a member of the drama club and enemy of Mr Hendricks
• Jason Isaacs as Peter Groff (series 3), older brother of Michael Groff
• Indra Ové as Anna (series 3, guest series 4), foster mother of Maeve’s younger half-sister Elsie
• Dua Saleh as Cal Bowman (series 3–4), a non-binary student at Moordale Secondary School who relocated from Minneapolis
• Robyn Holdaway as Layla (series 3), a non-binary student at Moordale Secondary School
• Dan Levy as Mr Molloy (series 4), a teacher in the study program Maeve attends in the United States
• Hannah Gadsby as Celia (series 4), a manager at the radio station where Jean works
• Thaddea Graham as Sarah “O” Owens (series 4), a rival sex therapist student at Cavendish College
• Anthony Lexa as Abbi Montgomery (series 4), a popular girl and the leader of Cavendish College’s The Coven clique
• Alexandra James as Aisha Green (series 4), a member of The Coven who is partially deaf
• Felix Mufti as Roman Zardari (series 4), a member of The Coven and Abbi’s boyfriend
• Reda Elazouar as Beau (series 4), Viv’s love interest
• Lisa McGrillis as Joanna Franklin (series 4), Jean’s sister
• Anna Francolini as Gloria Masters (series 4), a teacher at Cavendish College
• Shak Benjamin as Adedayo (series 4), Eric’s love interest from his church
• Bella Maclean as Jem (series 4), Adam’s co-worker at the farm
• Imani Yahshua as Tyrone (series 4), a friend of Maeve’s in America
• Eshaan Akbar as Principal Lakhani (series 4), headteacher at Cavendish College

Guest

• Toby Williams as Tim (series 1–2), one of Jean’s patients
• Lu Corfield as Sarah (series 1), a mother of three who befriends Maeve
• Anjana Vasan as an anti-abortion activist (series 1)
• Dominic Applewhite as Charlie (series 1), an anti-abortion activist
• T’Nia Miller as Maxine (series 2), the chair of the school board
• Thomas Atkinson as Nick (series 2–3), Anwar’s boyfriend
• Stephen Fry as himself (series 2), a quiz host
• Sindhu Vee as Mrs Hanan (series 2), Olivia’s mother
• Susan Lynch as Tara Gibbs (series 2), Aimee’s mother
• Jack Bandeira as Eli (series 2), a student at Mountview Military Institution
• David Layde as Roland Matthews (series 3–4), Ruby’s father who has multiple sclerosis and is Jeffrey’s friend
• Miles Jupp as an obstetrician at Moordale community hospital
• Sophie Thompson as Carol Iglehart (series 3), Lily’s mother and a nurse
• Jerry Iwu as Oba (series 3), a gay photographer from Nigeria
• Reece Richards as Eugene (series 3), Viv’s boyfriend
• Jack Gleeson as Dodgy Mo (series 4), a friend of Sean’s
• Andi Osho as Nicky Bowman (series 4), Cal’s mother
• Jodie Turner-Smith as God (series 4), an apparition that appears to Eric

Storyline:

Socially awkward high school student Otis may not have much experience in the lovemaking department, but he gets good guidance on the topic in his personal sex-ed course: living with mom Jean, who is a sex therapist. Being surrounded by manuals, videos, and tediously open conversations about sex, Otis has become a reluctant expert on the subject. When his classmates learn about his home life, Otis decides to use his insider knowledge to improve his status at school, so he teams with whip-smart bad girl Maeve to set up an underground sex-therapy clinic to deal with their classmates’ problems. But through his analysis of teenage sexuality, Otis realizes that he may need some therapy himself.

About Series:

On November 28, 2017, Netflix announced a series order for Sex Education. The series was created by Laurie Nunn, with Ben Taylor set to direct. Jamie Campbell and Joel Wilson were named executive producers under their company, Eleven Film.

Filming for the first series occurred across various locations in the Wye Valley, spanning Wales and England, including Llandogo, Tintern, Symonds Yat, Monmouth, and Redbrook. Additional scenes were filmed in Penarth, Vale of Glamorgan, in 2018. Moordale Secondary School scenes were shot at the former University of South Wales campus in Caerleon, Newport, while swimming pool scenes were filmed at Newport International Sports Village.

The series premiered on January 11, 2019. By January 17, Netflix reported the series was on track to surpass 40 million views within its first month. Between September 12 and October 24, 2021, the series amassed over 447,750,000 hours of viewing globally.

On February 1, 2019, Netflix renewed the series for a second season, which premiered on January 17, 2020. Filming for the second season took place from May to September 2019, including scenes shot in the Forest of Dean.

The third season was announced on February 10, 2020. Filming began in February 2021, with production visiting Kent locations such as Shorncliffe Military Cemetery and Hawthorne Trench (doubling as WWI locations for Episode 5) and Folkestone Harbour Arm (used in Episode 7). The third season premiered on September 17, 2021.

On September 25, 2021, Netflix renewed the series for a fourth season. On July 5, 2023, it was revealed that the fourth season would conclude the series.

Additionally, on July 15, 2022, a manga adaptation illustrated by John Tarachine began serialization in Kadokawa Corporation’s Comic Bridge online magazine.

Episodes:

Season 1

Season 2

Season 3

Season 4