The trailer for season three of hit Netflix drama Sex Education has been released - and it hints at a whole lot of change for students and staff at Moordale Secondary.
Made to look like an enrolment advert for the school, Moordale is hailed in the clip as “the perfect place to grow into the adults we’re destined to be".
Core characters including Otis (Asa Butterfield), Maeve (Emma Mackey), Viv (Chinenye Ezeudu), Ola (Patricia Allison) and Aimee (Aimee Lou Wood) are roped in to urge prospective students to “choose Moordale".
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And after the school's headmaster Mr Groff was placed on administrative leave last season, viewers are introduced to new headmistress Hope Haddon (Jemima Kirke), who speaks of her ambitions to return the school to a "pillar of excellence".
But it wouldn’t be Sex Education without scandals, awkward encounters, embarrassing parents and, well, lots of sex.
So what do we know about season three so far?
When will it air?
Netflix has officially confirmed that Sex Education's third season will stream from September 17. And, like previous series, it comprises eight new episodes.
The trailer was posted on Twitter yesterday (Monday, July 19), hinting at changes from previous seasons - from the new uniforms to Maeve's new hairstyle.
Both series one and two aired in January, in 2019 and 2020, but coronavirus forced production on the third chapter to begin later than planned.
Who’s in it?
All the key cast members are returning to Moordale this term, including Otis, Eric (Ncuti Gatwa), Jean (Gillian Anderson), Maeve, Aimee, Adam (Connor Swindells), Jackson (Kedar Williams-Stirling), Ola and Lily (Tanya Reynolds.)
Olivia (Simone Ashley), Anwar (Chaneil Kular) and Ruby (Mimi Keene) - also known as The Untouchables - will also return.
Season two also added three new cast members, Rahim (Sami Outalbali), Viv and Isaac (George Robinson), who will also play integral roles in season three.
And this season has some new additions in store, too.
Girls star Jemima Kirke will play new headmistress Hope after Mr Groff was booted out.
Harry Potter and Star Trek: Discovery's Jason Isaacs has been cast as Peter Groff, headmaster Groff's older, more successful brother.
Dua Saleh, a gender-non-conforming songwriter and recording artist will play Cal, a non-binary student who is at loggerheads with headmistress Hope.
What’s the plot?
At the beginning of June, Asa Butterfield, aka Otis, tweeted, "Lemme just say, you lot aren’t ready for season 3, trust me."
He also revealed in an interview with The Guardian this year that the next series will not start where the second series left off (spoiler alert - the cliffhanger, where Otis admitted his feelings for Maeve in a voicemail, which was deleted by Isaac).
"There's a bit of a time-jump since the season two cliffhanger," he said.
"Otis is back at school but he's got different things on his plate. He's grown up a bit and become slightly more sassy. It's been fun to portray his newfound charisma. Don't worry, though, he's still tragically awkward too."
On Otis’ will-they-won’t-they relationship with Maeve, Asa revealed: “Their relationship continues to develop in season three. We also explore why Otis was running his sex therapy clinic in the first place.
"Was it just to be close to Maeve or does he get fulfilment from helping people?”
And there are quite a few loose ends from season two to tie up, too.
Jean finds out she is pregnant in the season two finale, and Adam overcomes his insecurities to declare his feelings for Eric.
And what about that voicemail?
Watch this space.
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