Sex Education season 3: release date, cast, trailer and what we know

Sex Education season 3 should be released in 2021

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Sex Education 3 is officially happening – now we just have to wait for its release date. While production on Sex Education season 3 is currently on hold as a result of the global health crisis, we hope the much-loved British sitcom will return to the streaming service in 2021, so long as the decision to resume filming in August is made soon. 

Sex Education is set in the picturesque Welsh countryside, primarily at Moordale High School. Here, we explore the lives, loves and intimate hang-ups of the school's students and beyond. Mother and son Jean and Otis – played by Gillian Anderson and Asa Butterfield – help their friends and colleagues with their sexual issues. It's Jean's profession, but Otis does it to make money. Over the first two seasons, the show's characters develop in rewarding ways, and Sex Education explores a number of sensitive topics with a careful touch. 

Below, we'll tell you everything you need to know about Sex Education season 3, including its likely release date, cast, where we think the story will go next. Will Otis finally stop messing around and win Maeve's heart? Spoilers follow. 

Sex Education season 3 release date predictions: 2021?

We expect the Sex Education season 3 release date to be early 2021, depending on how long the show's current health crisis-related filming hiatus lasts. Time is running out on filming in 2020 as the show needs to be shot in the longer days of the British summer, but it may be able to resume in August, according to Deadline, and Eleven, the production company behind the Netflix hit. It seems that, with the ten weeks of prep time required to resume filming, Netflix will need to make a decision next month on an August resumption to avoid a significant season 3 delay.

This comes as the UK government allowed TV and film shoots to resume in May 2020, so long as producers put sufficient safety plans in place. However, given the necessary contact and intimacy Sex Education's cast must have as part of the show, this will present headaches for Eleven.

If Netflix holds true to its current pattern of release for the show, which given its rating success seems possible, we predict we'll see season 3 release in January 2021. Production details are still quite scarce, but Production Weekly has the third season listed in a recent 2020 production schedule for May, so the timing roughly lines up. 

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