Otis begins the series ambivalent about sex, in part because his single mother Jean is a sex therapist who frequently has affairs with male suitors but is unable to maintain romantic relationships. Sex Education primarily follows Otis Milburn, a student at Moordale Secondary School. Wood won the BAFTA TV Award for Best Female Comedy Performance for her role in the second series.
The series has been a viewership success, with over 40 million viewers streaming the first series after its debut. Sex Education has received critical acclaim for its ensemble cast, writing, directing, production values, and mature treatment of its themes. A fourth series was announced on 25 September 2021. The first series was released on 11 January 2019, the second on 17 January 2020, and the third on 17 September 2021. 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 series follows the lives of the students, staff and parents of the fictional Moordale Secondary School as they contend with various personal dilemmas, often related to sexual intimacy. Sex Education is a British comedy-drama streaming television series created by Laurie Nunn for Netflix.
