Sex Education

Who it's for

The show's engine is a clinic where teenagers bring private worries, and the answer is almost always 'that's more common than you think.' That repeated normalisation directly targets shame, which thrives on secrecy.

Feelings it meets

• Shame
• Coming of Age
• Fear of Intimacy
• Insecurity
• Communication

What it is

Sex Education is a British comedy-drama created by Laurie Nunn for Netflix, running for four seasons from 2019 to 2023. It follows socially awkward teenager Otis Milburn (Asa Butterfield), whose mother Jean (Gillian Anderson) is a sex therapist, and who sets up an underground sex-advice clinic at Moordale Secondary School with classmate Maeve Wiley (Emma Mackey) to help fellow students with their problems.

Where to find it

Netflix original. Streaming availability rotates; check JustWatch.

Before you start

Heads up: Sexual assault and explicit sex.

Age: TV-MA (suggested 16+)

Pip, dear old chap, life is made of ever so many partings welded together,Charles Dickens, Great Expectations, Chapter XXVII