Asa Butterfield

Asa Butterfield, Molly Windsor and Christopher Eccleston lead cast for Netflix psychological thriller

Molly Windsor, Asa Butterfield, Christopher Eccleston, Siobhan Finneran and Fra Fee stand outdoors, arm in arm, with Siobhan and Fra holding a clapperboard

Asa Butterfield (Sex Education), Fra Fee (Hawkeye), Molly Windsor (Three Girls), Siobhan Finneran (Happy Valley) and Christopher Eccleston (True Detective: Night Country) will lead the six-part series.

Molly Windsor plays Rosie, a woman devoted to motherhood and marriage within a conservative Christian community. That is, until an encounter with escaped convict Sam (Fee) changes everything. Soon, Rosie finds herself on a journey of self-discovery, emancipation and sexual awakening.

Date announced for Sex Education series three

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The much-loved comedy series is back once again, following the sexual exploits and general mishaps of the students at Moordale High. 

The second series saw Otis (Asa Butterfield) and Maeve’s (Emma Mackey) illicit sex clinic discovered by Otis’ sex therapist mother Jean (Gillian Anderson).

Eric (Ncuti Gatwa) was caught in a love triangle with new student Rahim (Sami Outalbali) and former school bully Adam (Connor Swindells), who was learning to make peace with his sexuality. 

Asa Butterfield and the Netflix effect

Asa Butterfield

“I don’t think any of us realised the scope that Netflix brings - being on the platform and being available around the world immediately for anyone to watch on their phone or their TV,” he told the RTS.   

“It’s insane. I’d worked in film where there’s a build up to the release date, but to have it all there at the touch of your fingers was quite surreal.   

Netflix confirms release date for Sex Education series two

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The first series saw the socially awkward and introverted Otis (Asa Butterfield) become an unlikely sex and relationships advisor to his teenage classmates as he followed in the footsteps of his sex therapist mother, Jean (Gillian Anderson).

The brand new eight-part series will follow Otis’s first ever relationship with his girlfriend Ola (Patricia Allison), and the new sexual urges and awkward encounters that come with it.