Sex Education (TV series)

Sex Education
Genre
Created byLaurie Nunn
Starring
  • Asa Butterfield
  • Gillian Anderson
  • Ncuti Gatwa
  • Emma Mackey
  • Connor Swindells
  • Kedar Williams-Stirling
  • Alistair Petrie
  • Mimi Keene
  • Aimee Lou Wood
  • Chaneil Kular
  • Simone Ashley
  • Tanya Reynolds
  • Patricia Allison
  • Mikael Persbrandt
  • Anne-Marie Duff
  • James Purefoy
  • Rakhee Thakrar
  • Jemima Kirke
Music by
  • Matt Biffa
  • Ciara Elwis
  • Ruby Wasmuth
  • Fiona Cruickshank
  • Sam Thompson
Composers
  • Oli Julian
  • Ezra Furman
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series4
No. of episodes32
Production
Executive producers
  • Jamie Campbell
  • Ben Taylor
  • Laurie Nunn
  • Clara Couchman (series 4)[1]
Producers
  • Byron Archard
  • Jon Jennings
Cinematography
  • Jamie Cairney
  • Oli Russell
Editors
  • Steve Ackroyd
  • David Webb
  • Calum Ross
Running time46–83 minutes
Production companyEleven Film
Original release
NetworkNetflix
Release11 January 2019 (2019-01-11) –
21 September 2023 (2023-09-21)
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Sex Education is a British teen sex comedy drama television series created by Laurie Nunn for Netflix. It follows the lives of the teenagers and adults in the fictional town of Moordale as they contend with various personal dilemmas, often related to sexual intimacy. It stars an ensemble cast that includes Asa Butterfield, Gillian Anderson, Ncuti Gatwa, Emma Mackey, Connor Swindells, Kedar Williams-Stirling, Alistair Petrie, Mimi Keene, and Aimee Lou Wood.

The first series was released on Netflix on 11 January 2019. The second, third and fourth series followed in January 2020, September 2021 and September 2023, respectively. Sex Education has received critical acclaim for its performances, writing, directing, production value, and mature treatment of its themes.[2] The programme has been a viewership success, with over 40 million viewers streaming the first series after its debut. Wood won the BAFTA TV Award for Best Female Comedy Performance for her role in the second series, and the third series won Best Comedy Series at the 50th International Emmy Awards.

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  2. ^ White, Peter (28 September 2023). "From Crumpets to Chlamydia Outbreaks — The Legacy of Netflix's 'Sex Education'". The Independent. Archived from the original on 3 October 2023. Retrieved 29 September 2023.