TV SERIES · 2019–2023 · UK
Sex Education
- Created by
- Laurie Nunn
- Network
- Netflix
- Seasons
- 4
- Episodes
- 32
- Studio
- Eleven
34 archived facts 6 topics 2 sources Last reviewed Oct 2026
Inexperienced Otis channels his sex therapist mom when he teams up with rebellious Maeve to set up an underground sex therapy clinic at school.
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All facts (34)
- #001
The vehicles and TV sets used throughout the production are models from the late 20th century (1970-1990) rather than contemporary 21st-century models. This was done deliberately, as it contributes to the series' somewhat unrealistic setting.
- #002
Netflix ordered Sex Education to series on 28 November 2017, with Laurie Nunn as creator and Ben Taylor expected to direct.
- #003
Although the series is set at a British school called Moordale Secondary, it features an American high school environment with lockers, Letterman jackets, a rugby ball carried through the hallways (mimicking an American football) and no school uniforms. The creators did this deliberately to make the series more accessible to international viewers (mostly Americans) and as a tribute to the John Hughes films that inspired it.
- #004
Jamie Campbell and Joel Wilson were set to serve as executive producers of Sex Education through their company Eleven Film.
- #005
The series' British writer, Laurie Nunn, said she intended Sex Education to be a tribute to 1980s John Hughes high school films such as The Breakfast Club (1985) and Pretty in Pink (1986).
- #006
Sex Education premiered on 11 January 2019, and Netflix renewed it for a second series on 1 February 2019, which premiered on 17 January 2020.
- #007
The series was filmed along the River Wye in England and Wales, including locations in Llandogo and Tintern, Monmouthshire. The scenes set at Moordale Secondary were shot at the former Caerleon Campus of the University of South Wales.
- #008
Netflix renewed Sex Education for a fourth series on 25 September 2021, and on 5 July 2023 announced that the fourth season would be its last.
- #009
Before being cast in a role in the series, Ncuti Gatwa was a struggling actor and had been homeless for five months.
- #010
On 17 May 2018, Gillian Anderson, Emma Mackey, Asa Butterfield, Ncuti Gatwa, Connor Swindells and Kedar Williams-Stirling were announced as members of the main cast of Sex Education.
- #011
As a result of the #MeToo movement, HBO hired intimacy coordinators for its productions; Netflix did the same and brought in intimacy coordinator Ita O'Brien to ensure that actors felt comfortable and safe during the rehearsal and subsequent filming of intimate scenes.
- #012
James Purefoy was reported on 16 July 2018 to have been cast in a recurring role on Sex Education.
- #013
Ezra Furman's music is heard throughout the first season. In fact, Ezra Furman actually appears as the singer at the school dance in episode 7.
- #014
Dan Levy, Thaddea Graham, Lisa McGrillis and Eshaan Akbar joined the cast of Sex Education for its fourth series.
- #015
Simone Ashley, Tanya Reynolds and Patricia Allison did not return to Sex Education for its fourth series.
- #016
It was filmed in Newport, South Wales.
- #017
Filming for the first series of Sex Education took place at several locations in the Wye Valley across Wales and England, including Llandogo, Tintern, Symonds Yat, Monmouth and Redbrook.
- #018
Sex Education also filmed in Penarth, Vale of Glamorgan during 2018.
- #019
Every episode opens with a scene related to sex or relationships; it can be a sex scene, a making-out scene, a masturbation scene or a harassment scene.
- #020
The Moordale Secondary School scenes in Sex Education were shot at the former Caerleon campus of the University of South Wales in Caerleon, Newport, while swimming pool scenes were filmed at the Newport International Sports Village complex.
- #021
Charlie Bartlett (2007) has a very similar plot. Both protagonists are outsiders, and both help high school students with therapy in a public restroom.
- #022
Filming for the second series of Sex Education ran from May to September 2019 and included scenes shot in the Forest of Dean.
- #023
Ola is the daughter of the Swedish Jakob. Although there are a few hundred women named Ola in Sweden, Ola is traditionally a male name.
- #024
In February 2021, while filming the third series of Sex Education, production visited several locations in Kent.
- #025
The peephole in the door of the humanities teacher, who is dating the science teacher (who cannot talk dirty), had a gold frame around it just like Monica's in Friends.
- #026
Sex Education filmed at Shorncliffe Military Cemetery in Sandgate and at the Hawthorne Trench, both of which stand in for WWI locations in France in Episode 5.
- #027
The poster hanging on the bedroom wall in episode 4 belongs to the Californian rock band "All Good Things".
- #028
Sex Education also shot a scene for Episode 7 at the Harbour Arm in Folkestone Harbour.
- #029
After Moordale Secondary was closed at the end of season 3, several semi-regular characters were written out. Although it had nothing to do with the school's closure, the ordinary characters Jakob and Ola also do not appear in season 4; all the developments concerning Joy's parenting take place off-screen.
- #030
Sex Education is set in modern-day Britain in the fictional village of Moordale, a setting that places the show in an uncertain time and location.
- #031
S3E5 shares a filming location with season 2 of The A List (2018).
- #032
Although smartphones and other modern technology appear in Sex Education, the show rarely features cars built after the 1990s, with most vehicles dating from the 1970s to the 1990s.
- #033
Sex Education's production design mixes eras: the Groffs' house recalls 1970s décor, Maeve's caravan is typical of the 1990s–2000s, and the Milburns' home is more modern with an "American-style" fridge.
- #034
According to showrunner Laurie Nunn, the aesthetic of Sex Education is deliberate and pays homage to the 1980s films of John Hughes.
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