Sex Education is a British comedy-drama web television series. The creator of the series is Laurie Nunn. The series stars Asa Butterfield as a socially awkward teenager and Gillian Anderson as his character's mother, a sex therapist. Co-stars include Ncuti Gatwa, Emma Mackey, Aimee Lou Wood, Connor Swindells, Patricia Allison, Tanya Reynolds, Kedar Williams-Stirling, Mikael Persbrandt and Anne-Marie Duff. The first season was released on 11 January 2019. It became a critical and commercial success for Netflix, with over 40 million viewers having streamed the first series after its release. The second series was released on 17 January 2020. A third season is being made.