Netflix Reveals First Look At Sex Education Season 3

Production commenced in early September in Wales. It will return to Netflix with eight new episodes in 2021, although it is expected to have suffered some delay due to the coronavirus pandemic.

The snaps take us behind the scenes on set in Wales and show the cast members wearing masks. Actress and series star Tanya Reynolds took the cute snaps herself and the official Netflix Twitter account uploaded them with a handwritten note. The note reads: "I wanted to share some with you from the behind the scenes of season 3. More to come as film develops. Be safe little aliens. Xxx".

In the first set of pictures we see Ncuti Gatwa reading a script on a sofa and Patricia Allison taking a break in the sun on the grass.

Most of the main characters including These include Asa Butterfield (Otis Milburn), Gillian Anderson (Dr Jean F. Milburn), Ncuti Gatwa (Eric Effiong), Emma Mackey (Maeve Wiley), Patricia Allison (Ola Nyman), Connor Swindells (Adam Groff) and Kedar Williams-Stirling (Jackson Marchetti) are expected to return.

Jemima Kirke, Jason Isaacs and Due Saleh are all joining the cast.

Jemima will play Hope - a former Moordale student and new headmistress, who has big plans to transform the school back into a "pillar of excellence".

Meanwhile, Jason is set to play Peter Groff - Mr Groff's more successful older brother who he has been staying with following his separation from Mrs Groff.

To recap, the last season ended with Otis coming to terms with the fact he's in love with Maeve. He leaves her a voicemail with his declaration of love, and asks her to call him back.

However, before Maeve can hear the voicemail, Issac (played by George Robinson) who has feelings for Maeve deletes the message.

Season 3 does not have an airdate yet but it is set to premiere some time in 2021.