The Netflix coming-of-age hit series is about to return on the small screens with the twisted stories of the characters in Sex Education Season 4 and to be better prepared for its arrival, check out everything you need to know about the show here!
Sex Education Season 4 Release Date: When Will The Series Return On Netflix?
Sex Education will return for a fourth and final season on September 21, 2023. Season 4 will consist of eight episodes, just like the previous seasons. Each episode will be an hour long, except the very final episode which will be 83 minutes long.
Sex Education Season 4 Plot: Will It Be Otis and Maeve, or Otis and Ruby in the End?
The finale of Sex Education Season 3 ended in a huge cliffhanger, with many of the characters' fates left hanging in the air, now that Moordale Secondary has shut down due to lack of funding, thanks to the sexually-driven students' rebellion.
Season 3 also made it complicated for the show's core couples. Even though Maeve and Otis finally confessed their feelings to each other, Maeve had to leave for a study-abroad opportunity in America.
After Eric realized that he wanted to explore his self-identity by himself, he broke up with Adam. Aimee also broke up with her boyfriend. Jean also discovered that Jakob is not the true father of her baby after a season of trying to make it work with him.
The official synopsis for Sex Education Season 4 reads:
Following the closure of Moordale Secondary, Otis and Eric now face a new frontier - their first day at Cavendish Sixth Form College.
Otis is nervous about setting up his new clinic, whilst Eric is praying they won’t be losers again. But Cavendish is a culture shock for all the Moordale students - they thought they were progressive but this new college is another level.
There’s daily yoga in the communal garden, a strong sustainability vibe and a group of kids who are popular for being… kind?! Viv is totally thrown by the college’s student-led, non-competitive approach, while Jackson is still struggling to get over Cal.
Aimee tries something new by taking an Art A-Level and Adam grapples with whether mainstream education is for him. Over in the US, Maeve is living her dream at prestigious Wallace University, being taught by cult author Thomas Molloy.
Otis is pining after her, whilst adjusting to not being an only child at home, or the only therapist on campus…
Sex Education Season 4 Cast: Who Returns and Who Are the Newcomers?
The key cast members of Sex Education are returning for Season 4, including Asa Butterfield as Otis, Gillian Anderson as Jean Milburn, Ncuti Gatwa as Eric Effiong, Emma Mackey as Maeve Wiley, Mimi Keene as Ruby, Aimee Lou Wood as Aimee, Connor Swindells as Adam, Kedar Williams-Stirling as Jackson, Dua Saleh as Cal, Alistar Petrie as Mr. Groff, George Robinson as Isaac Goodwin, and Chinenye Ezeudu as Vivienne Odusanya,
New cast members include Dan Levy as Thomas Molloy, Lisa McGrillis, Thaddea Graham, Felix Mufti, Anthony Lexa, Alexandra James, Reda Elazouar, Bella Maclean, Imani Yahshua, Jodie Turner-Smith, Eshaan Akbar, and Marie Reuther.
Meanwhile, in July 2022, Patricia Allison, who plays Ola in the show, revealed that she will not be returning for Season 4.
"I absolutely have loved being on Sex Education so, so much … but unfortunately, I won’t be joining the team for Season 4,” the 27-year-old actress said during a Tuesday, July 5, episode of the U.K. radio show, Breakfast With Yinka and Shayna Marie.
Allison further explained, “Some other opportunities have come up. I’ve been doing it for three years, and I’ve genuinely loved it.”
Tanya Reynolds, who has played Lily since the launch of the show, won't be returning for Season 4 too. “I’m not [returning], actually, which is sad, very sad,” Reynolds told the Radio Times.
Reynolds added, "It’s just the natural progression of these shows – when you have such big ensemble casts and so many characters, I think you have to let a few older characters go to make way for newer ones, which is absolutely the right thing, the way it should happen.”
And in early August 2022, Rakhee Thakrar, who plays the teacher Emily Sands, confirmed that she will not be returning for Sex Education Season 4.
She told the Daily Star Sunday: "I'm not part of the new series. I can't really talk about why. But I'm so proud of the show and grateful to have been part of something so important. There is nothing bad about Sex Education."
Sex Education Season 4 Trailer: Is There One Already?
Yes, Netflix already released the trailer for Sex Education Season 4! You can watch the official trailer and official teaser for Sex Education Season 4 below:
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