Watch: Trailer for Sex Education Season 2
David Farnor | On 07, Jan 2020
There’s just over a week to go until Sex Education is back on our screens, and a new trailer gives us our first proper tease of Season 2.
The coming-of-age comedy, which stars Gillian Anderson and Asa Butterfield, follows Otis Milburn, a socially awkward high school student who lives with his sex therapist mother, Jean. In Season 1, Otis and his friend Maeve Wiley (Emma Mackey) set up a sex clinic at school to capitalise on his intuitive talent for sex advice.
In Season 2, as a late bloomer, Otis must master his newly discovered urges in order to progress with his girlfriend, while also dealing with his now-strained relationship with Maeve.
Returning cast members from Season 1 will include Ncuti Gatwa, Aimee-Lou Wood, Connor Swindells, Kedar Williams-Stirling, Tanya Reynolds and Patricia Allison. They’ll be joined by new faces Chinenye Ezeudu as Viv, a super intelligent student, who is talented at everything but love, Sami Outalbali as Rahim, a new french student who turns heads, and George Robinson as Isaac, who creates waves when he moves into Maeve’s caravan park.
The show returns on 17th January, with the whole of Season 2 coming to Netflix at once. Here’s the trailer:
Sex Education Season 2 gets January release date
27th November 2019
Sex Education will officially return to Netflix in January for Season 2.
The coming-of-age comedy, which stars Gillian Anderson and Asa Butterfield, follows Otis Milburn, a socially awkward high school student who lives with his sex therapist mother, Jean. In Season 1, Otis and his friend Maeve Wiley (Emma Mackey) set up a sex clinic at school to capitalise on his intuitive talent for sex advice.
“This coming-of-age comedy is charmingly lewd and loveable,” we wrote in our review.
In Season 2, as a late bloomer, Otis must master his newly discovered urges in order to progress with his girlfriend, while also dealing with his now-strained relationship with Maeve.
Returning cast members from Season 1 will include Ncuti Gatwa, Aimee-Lou Wood, Connor Swindells, Kedar Williams-Stirling, Tanya Reynolds and Patricia Allison. They’ll be joined by new faces Chinenye Ezeudu as Viv, a super intelligent student, who is talented at everything but love, Sami Outalbali as Rahim, a new french student who turns heads, and George Robinson as Isaac, who creates waves when he moves into Maeve’s caravan park.
The series is written and created by Laurie Nunn and produced by Eleven. Season 2 is directed by Ben Taylor, Alice Seabright and Sophie Goodhart. Jamie Campbell, Laurie Nunn and Ben Taylor are also Executive Producers on the series.
After giving us a look at the new class members, Netflix has now officially confirmed the release date for Season 2: all eight episodes will drop at once on 17th January 2020.
Netflix’s Sex Education recruits new class members for Season 2
19th November 2019
Sex Education returns to Netflix next year for Season 2, and a host of new kids will be enrolling in the new class.
The coming-of-age comedy follows Otis Milburn, a socially awkward high school student who lives with his sex therapist mother, Jean. In Season 1, Otis and his friend Maeve Wiley set up a sex clinic at school to capitalise on his intuitive talent for sex advice. In Season 2, as a late bloomer, Otis must master his newly discovered urges in order to progress with his girlfriend, while also dealing with his now-strained relationship with Maeve.
Gillian Anderson, Asa Butterfield, Emma Mackey, Ncuti Gatwa, Aimee-Lou Wood, Connor Swindells, Kedar Williams-Stirling, Tanya Reynolds and Patricia Allison will all reprise their roles. They’ll be joined by several new faces: Chinenye Ezeudu as Viv, a super intelligent student, who is talented at everything but love; Sami Outalbali as Rahim, a new french student who turns heads; and George Robinson as Isaac, who creates waves when he moves into Maeve’s caravan park.
Here’s your first look at the new students:
First look: Sex Education returns for Season 2 in 2020
11th November 2019
Sex Education will return for a second season in 2020, and now, we’ve got our first look at the class back in session.
The coming-of-age comedy follows Otis Milburn, a socially awkward high school student who lives with his sex therapist mother, Jean. In Season 1, Otis and his friend Maeve Wiley set up a sex clinic at school to capitalise on his intuitive talent for sex advice. In Season 2, as a late bloomer, Otis must master his newly discovered urges in order to progress with his girlfriend, while also dealing with his now-strained relationship with Maeve. Meanwhile, Moordale Secondary is in the throes of a Chlamydia outbreak, highlighting the need for better sex education at the school and new kids come to town who will challenge the status quo.
Maeve and Aimee’s BFF relationship is stronger than ever since Aimee ditched ‘the Untouchables’. Eric notices his new-found self-confidence attracting unfamiliar kinds of attention. Adam is at military school, still conflicted by his feelings for Eric. Lily has hit pause on her sexual endeavours to focus on her creative talents and finds a new found friend in Ola. Jackson is forced to flex his mental rather than physical muscle and is still buckling under the pressure from his parents to succeed. And Jean and Jakob’s relationship is discovered and they have to learn how to operate as a blended family.
The series is written and created by Laurie Nunn and produced by Eleven. Season 2 is directed by Ben Taylor, Alice Seabright and Sophie Goodhart. Jamie Campbell, Laurie Nunn and Ben Taylor are also Executive Producers on the series.
Here are the images from the second season:
Filming begins on Sex Education Season 2
1st May 2019
Filming is now underway on Sex Education Season 2, Netflix has announced.
The coming-of-age series, which premiered this January, tells the story of Otis, a teenage boy being raised by his sex-therapist mother Jean, played by Gillian Anderson. The eight-episode dramedy takes on conversations about sex, identity, love and the ups and downs of young adult life in a frank and truthful way – and that approach, combined with its funny cast, trans-Atlantic vibe and retro style has made it a huge success.
Created and written by Laurie Nunn, the raunchy, heartfelt, progressive series was praised by us as “hilarious, heartfelt and honest”.
Within weeks of its release, Netflix announced that a second term had been ordered, comprising another eight sessions.
Gillian Anderson, Asa Butterfield, Emma Mackey, Ncuti Gatwa, Aimee-Lou Wood, Connor Swindells, Kedar Williams-Stirling, Tanya Reynolds and Patricia Allison are set to reprise their roles, and Nunn will return as creator and executive producer with Jamie Campbell set to executive produce alongside her.
Netflix confirmed production has commenced on Season 2 today, with a new video giving a behind-the-scenes glimpse of the cast getting back into the swing of things. You can read our interview with some of here.
ok it's official, Sex Education s2 filming has started. here's to more wanking and more heartwarming moments in equal measure. pic.twitter.com/0NBdJ57MzP
— Netflix UK & Ireland (@NetflixUK) May 1, 2019
Netflix renews Sex Education for Season 2
1st February 2019
Netflix has renewed Sex Education for a second season.
The coming-of-age series, which premiered this January, tells the story of Otis, a teenage boy being raised by his sex-therapist mother Jean, played by Gillian Anderson. The eight-episode dramedy takes on conversations about sex, identity, love and the ups and downs of young adult life in a frank and truthful way – and that approach, combined with its funny cast, trans-Atlantic vibe and retro style has made it a huge success.
Created and written by Laurie Nunn, the series is directed by Ben Taylor (Catastrophe) and Kate Herron (BBC Three’s Five by Five) and was lauded by us, and others, for delivering a coming-of-age story with a fresh, feminist heart, and for presenting intersectional and multidimensional characters that audiences have fallen in love with. Indeed, within its first month of release, the series is expected to have been streamed by over 40 million Netflix households.
“Netflix’s hilarious, heartfelt and honest coming-of-age comedy is charmingly lewd and loveable,” we wrote in our review of Season 1.
Now, within weeks of its debut, Netflix has already signed up for more classes, with eight more episodes on the way.
Gillian Anderson, Asa Butterfield, Emma Mackey, Ncuti Gatwa, Aimee-Lou Wood, Connor Swindells, Kedar Williams-Stirling, Tanya Reynolds and Patricia Allison are set to reprise their roles, and creator Laurie Nunn will return as creator and executive producer with Jamie Campbell set to executive produce alongside Nunn.
“The reception to series one has been so exciting. Seeing how people across the world have connected to characters that began as ideas in my head is incredible. I’m hugely grateful to every person that has taken the time to watch the series, and I can’t wait to continue this amazing journey,” says Nunn.
“Laurie Nunn has captured the awkward teenage experience with a lot of heart and humor in Sex Education,” adds Cindy Holland, Vice President of Original Content, Netflix. “Along with the Eleven team and executive producer and director Ben Taylor, she’s created a universally relatable series that has resonated with our members around the world.”
Season 2 is slated to begin production this spring in the UK.
Sex Education: Season 1 is available on Netflix UK, as part of an £9.99 monthly subscription.