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Sex Education season 4 is in production
- Confirmed by Netflix in September 2021
- Likely to maintain the same eight-episode structure as previous seasons
- No release date set as yet, though its expected to arrive in early 2023
- Asa Butterfield, Ncuti Gatwa and Gillian Anderson are all expected to return
- However, Patricia Allison, Simone Ashley, Rakhee Thakrar and Tanya Reynold won't feature
- Story is likely to focus on the imminent closure of Moordale
Great news, Sex Education fans – season 4 of the hit Netflix series has been officially confirmed by the streamer.
The groundbreaking high school drama is among our pick of the best Netflix shows , and it came as no surprise to see the service renew Sex Education for a fourth outing given how quickly season 3 shot to the top of its most-watched charts.
We, for one, are excited to be returning to the series' hormone-laden halls for season 4 – especially after season 3's cliffhanger finale left several major questions unanswered.
In this article, we’ve rounded up all the latest news, rumors and tidbits that might give us a clue as to where the mega-popular Netflix show could go next. We've also explored our own predictions about what's coming up in Sex Education's story.
Naturally, spoilers for Sex Education seasons 1-3 are disclosed ahead , so proceed with caution.
Cast: We expect the likes of Asa Butterfield, Ncuti Gatwa and Gillian Anderson to all return, though Patricia Allison, Simone Ashley, Rakhee Thakrar and Tanya Reynold have confirmed that they won't be reprising their roles. Emma Mackey's involvement remains uncertain, and producers are currently casting for new characters.
Story predictions: With Moordale cash-strapped and set to close at the end of Sex Education season 3, we could see this forming the main narrative arc of season 4. We've detailed further likely plot threads further down this article.
Release date: Shooting for new episodes officially kicked off on July 4, 2022, so we don't expect season 4 to arrive until January 2023 at the earliest.
At present, there’s been no confirmed release date for Sex Education season 4 – though rest assured that the show has been officially renewed by Netflix.
It's not likely to arrive for some time, mind you. Our best bet is early 2023.
That estimate was corroborated by a 2021 casting call for season 4, in which producers on the show voiced their desire to hire two trans actors for a pair of new characters. "The project shoots April-November 2022," the call said – and a recent production listing (opens in new tab) confirmed that filming got underway in July – meaning we're certainly not going to see Sex Education season 4 arrive this year.
CASTING CALL for two new trans characters in SEX EDUCATION Season 4 @NetflixUK 🍆 Trans actors get on it!!! 😁💗🌸💪🏾 Pls share with pals too! pic.twitter.com/QUQ9tTms8Y November 17, 2021
We're pleased that the show will be returning, though, even if there’s only so many years Moordale’s students can remain at the fictional school before it becomes illogical for them to continue roaming the classrooms as twenty-somethings destined for university.
Still, that may indeed be a path the series decides to take, and now Netflix has renewed Sex Education for season 4, it could possibly follow the release schedule of previous entries – a pandemic-hampered third season notwithstanding – which each landed in January of 2019 and 2020, respectively.
The latest official update regarding Sex Education's upcoming season came in April 2022, when the Netflix UK Twitter account teased (opens in new tab) the following message: "More sex. More drama. Moor…dale. What happens next? Well, we can’t tell you that. But we CAN tell you to watch this space for news of Season 4."
We're keeping our ears open for more official mutterings in the coming months.
As for who is likely to return to the show in season 4, we'd anticipate seeing series mainstays Asa Butterfield, Ncuti Gatwa (whose involvement has been confirmed ) and Gillian Anderson all reprise their roles as Otis, Eric and Jean, respectively.
The likes of Connor Swindells (Adam), Aimee Lou Wood (Aimee), Kedar Williams-Stirling (Jackson), Mimi Keene (Ruby) and Mikael Persbrandt (Jakob) all seem likely to return, too, along with most of the show’s new season 3 characters, like headteacher Hope (Jemima Kirke) and new student Cal (Dua Saleh).
Patricia Allison, however, won't be reprising her role as Ola in Sex Education . The actor revealed, on Capital Xtra in July, that she “won’t be joining the team” for the series' fourth season, citing a wish to pursue “some other little things.”
The same goes for Simone Ashley, whose ongoing commitments to another Netflix series, Bridgerton , mean she’s unable to return as Olivia Hanan in Sex Education’s forthcoming season. Rakhee Thakrar (Miss Sands) and Tanya Reynold (Lily) won't be reprising their roles, either, with both set to focus on other projects.
The future of Emma Mackey’s Maeve Wiley is still uncertain. She’s still a major player in the show's ongoing will-they-won’t-they narrative between Otis and Maeve, so we’d of course anticipate her return at some point, but given her departure to America at the end of season 3, it’s not immediately clear whether that will be in season 4, or perhaps a further season later down the line.
What's more, Mackey is currently filming alongside Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling for Greta Gerwig's highly-anticipated Barbie movie, so there's a chance that she could follow in Simone Ashley's footsteps and prioritize new, Hollywood-calibre roles over a return to Sex Education.
Incidentally, Ncuti Gatwa, who is also on the call sheet for Gerwig's Barbie movie, has been confirmed as the next Doctor Who , so while there was an outside chance that he, too, could bow out of Sex Education's forthcoming episodes, his involvement was officially confirmed in August 2022 .
As per the aforementioned casting call, several new actors will be joining Sex Education for season 4 – but hopefully in a more substantial capacity than the greatly under-used Jason Isaacs in season 3.
As above, Sex Education’s third season conjured an air of finality for certain narrative threads – but it blew open a lot more, too.
It seems likely that Maeve’s jetting off to America will have consequences for her screen time in season 4, which may see Otis forced to get over his love for her once and for all, despite the promise of a mutual romance before Maeve’s decision to leave the country. New episodes may pick up if and when she returns from her travels, but it seems more logical that the show would explore how Otis copes in her absence.
Other characters, though, seem in for an even rockier ride. Adam and Eric decided to go their separate ways after a season of romantic highs and lows, with the latter’s kissing another man in Nigeria acting as the nail in the coffin for a relationship which always seemed oddly balanced, given Adam’s ongoing journey to understanding his own sexuality. But we also saw Adam growing closer to Eric’s ex Rahim in season 3’s later episodes, suggesting there’s potential for a romance between the pair that once seemed impossible.
Elsewhere, after receiving the results of a paternity test, it seems as though Jean’s new baby daughter, Joy, may not be Jakob’s after all. This twist isn’t confirmed yet, but her shock – and “oh s**t!” – at the result suggests the pair are in for some awkward conversations ahead.
Then there’s the question of Jackson and Cal’s relationship moving forward, Hope’s as-yet-unexplored struggle to conceive a child and, in perhaps the biggest plot shake-up of all, the immediate future of Moordale.
In season 3’s final episode, it was revealed that the school would be closing due to a lack of investors – a move supposedly brought about by the students’ reluctance to back down from their calls for sexual liberation on campus.
This could have big implications for Sex Education season 4. Will Moordale’s students and staff be forced to move elsewhere? If so, it’s unlikely everyone would be able to stay together, which would by-and-large kill the dynamic of the show. A more likely outcome might see the series' main characters rally alongside the local community to generate some last-ditch funding for the school, a challenge which would probably occupy an entire season.
That would be our best guess for the main narrative hook of Sex Education’s fourth run. Sure, it’ll be interesting to see how Otis copes in Maeve’s absence, how Adam deals with his break-up with Eric and how Jean plans on telling Jakob that her child probably isn’t his – but without Moordale school, there’s no Sex Education.
Axel is a London-based staff writer at TechRadar, reporting on everything from the newest movies to latest Apple developments as part of the site's daily news output. Having previously written for publications including Esquire and FourFourTwo, Axel is well-versed in the applications of technology beyond the desktop, and his coverage extends from general reporting and analysis to in-depth interviews and opinion.
Axel studied for a degree in English Literature at the University of Warwick before joining TechRadar in 2020, where he then earned a gold standard NCTJ qualification as part of the company’s inaugural digital training scheme.
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Sex Education season 4 is in production
- Confirmed by Netflix in September 2021
- Likely to maintain the same eight-episode structure as previous seasons
- No release date set as yet, though its expected to arrive in early 2023
- Asa Butterfield, Ncuti Gatwa and Gillian Anderson are all expected to return
- However, Patricia Allison, Simone Ashley, Rakhee Thakrar and Tanya Reynold won't feature
- Story is likely to focus on the imminent closure of Moordale
Great news, Sex Education fans – season 4 of the hit Netflix series has been officially confirmed by the streamer.
The groundbreaking high school drama is among our pick of the best Netflix shows , and it came as no surprise to see the service renew Sex Education for a fourth outing given how quickly season 3 shot to the top of its most-watched charts.
We, for one, are excited to be returning to the series' hormone-laden halls for season 4 – especially after season 3's cliffhanger finale left several major questions unanswered.
In this article, we’ve rounded up all the latest news, rumors and tidbits that might give us a clue as to where the mega-popular Netflix show could go next. We've also explored our own predictions about what's coming up in Sex Education's story.
Naturally, spoilers for Sex Education seasons 1-3 are disclosed ahead , so proceed with caution.
Cast: We expect the likes of Asa Butterfield, Ncuti Gatwa and Gillian Anderson to all return, though Patricia Allison, Simone Ashley, Rakhee Thakrar and Tanya Reynold have confirmed that they won't be reprising their roles. Emma Mackey's involvement remains uncertain, and producers are currently casting for new characters.
Story predictions: With Moordale cash-strapped and set to close at the end of Sex Education season 3, we could see this forming the main narrative arc of season 4. We've detailed further likely plot threads further down this article.
Release date: Shooting for new episodes officially kicked off on July 4, 2022, so we don't expect season 4 to arrive until January 2023 at the earliest.
At present, there’s been no confirmed release date for Sex Education season 4 – though rest assured that the show has been officially renewed by Netflix.
It's not likely to arrive for some time, mind you. Our best bet is early 2023.
That estimate was corroborated by a 2021 casting call for season 4, in which producers on the show voiced their desire to hire two trans actors for a pair of new characters. "The project shoots April-November 2022," the call said – and a recent production listing (opens in new tab) confirmed that filming got underway in July – meaning we're certainly not going to see Sex Education season 4 arrive this year.
CASTING CALL for two new trans characters in SEX EDUCATION Season 4 @NetflixUK 🍆 Trans actors get on it!!! 😁💗🌸💪🏾 Pls share with pals too! pic.twitter.com/QUQ9tTms8Y November 17, 2021
We're pleased that the show will be returning, though, even if there’s only so many years Moordale’s students can remain at the fictional school before it becomes illogical for them to continue roaming the classrooms as twenty-somethings destined for university.
Still, that may indeed be a path the series decides to take, and now Netflix has renewed Sex Education for season 4, it could possibly follow the release schedule of previous entries – a pandemic-hampered third season notwithstanding – which each landed in January of 2019 and 2020, respectively.
The latest official update regarding Sex Education's upcoming season came in April 2022, when the Netflix UK Twitter account teased (opens in new tab) the following message: "More sex. More drama. Moor…dale. What happens next? Well, we can’t tell you that. But we CAN tell you to watch this space for news of Season 4."
We're keeping our ears open for more official mutterings in the coming months.
As for who is likely to return to the show in season 4, we'd anticipate seeing series mainstays Asa Butterfield, Ncuti Gatwa (whose involvement has been confirmed ) and Gillian Anderson all reprise their roles as Otis, Eric and Jean, respectively.
The likes of Connor Swindells (Adam), Aimee Lou Wood (Aimee), Kedar Williams-Stirling (Jackson), Mimi Keene (Ruby) and Mikael Persbrandt (Jakob) all seem likely to return, too, along with most of the show’s new season 3 characters, like headteacher Hope (Jemima Kirke) and new student Cal (Dua Saleh).
Patricia Allison, however, won't be reprising her role as Ola in Sex Education . The actor revealed, on Capital Xtra in July, that she “won’t be joining the team” for the series' fourth season, citing a wish to pursue “some other little things.”
The same goes for Simone Ashley, whose ongoing commitments to another Netflix series, Bridgerton , mean she’s unable to return as Olivia Hanan in Sex Education’s forthcoming season. Rakhee Thakrar (Miss Sands) and Tanya Reynold (Lily) won't be reprising their roles, either, with both set to focus on other projects.
The future of Emma Mackey’s Maeve Wiley is still uncertain. She’s still a major player in the show's ongoing will-they-won’t-they narrative between Otis and Maeve, so we’d of course anticipate her return at some point, but given her departure to America at the end of season 3, it’s not immediately clear whether that will be in season 4, or perhaps a further season later down the line.
What's more, Mackey is currently filming alongside Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling for Greta Gerwig's highly-anticipated Barbie movie, so there's a chance that she could follow in Simone Ashley's footsteps and prioritize new, Hollywood-calibre roles over a return to Sex Education.
Incidentally, Ncuti Gatwa, who is also on the call sheet for Gerwig's Barbie movie, has been confirmed as the next Doctor Who , so while there was an outside chance that he, too, could bow out of Sex Education's forthcoming episodes, his involvement was officially confirmed in August 2022 .
As per the aforementioned casting call, several new actors will be joining Sex Education for season 4 – but hopefully in a more substantial capacity than the greatly under-used Jason Isaacs in season 3.
As above, Sex Education’s third season conjured an air of finality for certain narrative threads – but it blew open a lot more, too.
It seems likely that Maeve’s jetting off to America will have consequences for her screen time in season 4, which may see Otis forced to get over his love for her once and for all, despite the promise of a mutual romance before Maeve’s decision to leave the country. New episodes may pick up if and when she returns from her travels, but it seems more logical that the show would explore how Otis copes in her absence.
Other characters, though, seem in for an even rockier ride. Adam and Eric decided to go their separate ways after a season of romantic highs and lows, with the latter’s kissing another man in Nigeria acting as the nail in the coffin for a relationship which always seemed oddly balanced, given Adam’s ongoing journey to understanding his own sexuality. But we also saw Adam growing closer to Eric’s ex Rahim in season 3’s later episodes, suggesting there’s potential for a romance between the pair that once seemed impossible.
Elsewhere, after receiving the results of a paternity test, it seems as though Jean’s new baby daughter, Joy, may not be Jakob’s after all. This twist isn’t confirmed yet, but her shock – and “oh s**t!” – at the result suggests the pair are in for some awkward conversations ahead.
Then there’s the question of Jackson and Cal’s relationship moving forward, Hope’s as-yet-unexplored struggle to conceive a child and, in perhaps the biggest plot shake-up of all, the immediate future of Moordale.
In season 3’s final episode, it was revealed that the school would be closing due to a lack of investors – a move supposedly brought about by the students’ reluctance to back down from their calls for sexual liberation on campus.
This could have big implications for Sex Education season 4. Will Moordale’s students and staff be forced to move elsewhere? If so, it’s unlikely everyone would be able to stay together, which would by-and-large kill the dynamic of the show. A more likely outcome might see the series' main characters rally alongside the local community to generate some last-ditch funding for the school, a challenge which would probably occupy an entire season.
That would be our best guess for the main narrative hook of Sex Education’s fourth run. Sure, it’ll be interesting to see how Otis copes in Maeve’s absence, how Adam deals with his break-up with Eric and how Jean plans on telling Jakob that her child probably isn’t his – but without Moordale school, there’s no Sex Education.
Axel is a London-based staff writer at TechRadar, reporting on everything from the newest movies to latest Apple developments as part of the site's daily news output. Having previously written for publications including
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