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Sex Education
2019–2023
· TV Show
· 60 min episodes
· 4 seasons
B
MEANRANK
79/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #165
- IMDb #163
- Google retired #65
- Rotten Tomatoes #132
- Metacritic #126
- RatingGraph #229
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- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #71
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #194
- Metacritic Critics #74
- Metacritic Audience #241
- Criticker #204
- Trakt #196
Every rating
55–94
out of 100
Split
Lowest is Criticker on 55, highest is Google on 94.
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Details
- Created by
- Laurie Nunn
- Studio
- Eleven
- Released
- 11 January 2019
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Language
- English
- Episode length
- 60 min
- Rated
- TV-MA
- Episodes
- 32 across 4 seasons
- Awards
- 13 wins, 40 nominations
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Cast
Full cast (83) →
Awards & nominations
See all 53 →3 major awards won · 13 wins from 53 nominations across 21 ceremonies
| International Emmy Awards 2022 | — | Best Comedy Series | Winner |
| BAFTA TV Awards 2021 | — | Best Female Comedy Performance | Winner |
| BAFTA Scotland Awards 2020 | — | Best Actor (Television) | Winner |
| BAFTA Scotland Awards 2022 | — | Best Actor (Television) | Nominee |
| BAFTA Scotland Awards 2022 | — | 'Scot on Screen' Audience Award | Nominee |
| BAFTA TV Awards 2022 | — | Best Scripted Casting | Nominee |
| BAFTA TV Awards 2022 | — | Best Emerging Talent: Fiction | Nominee |
| BAFTA TV Awards 2022 | — | Best Female Comedy Performance | Nominee |
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BAFTA TV Awards
14 nominations, 1 won
| — | Best Female Comedy Performance | Winner |
| — | Best Scripted Casting | Nominee |
| — | Best Emerging Talent: Fiction | Nominee |
| — | Best Female Comedy Performance | Nominee |
| — | Best Photography & Lighting: Fiction | Nominee |
| — | Best Male Comedy Performance | Nominee |
| — | Best Male Comedy Performance | Nominee |
| — | Best Scripted Casting | Nominee |
| — | Best Production Design | Nominee |
| — | Best Costume Design | Nominee |
| — | Best Emerging Talent: Fiction | Nominee |
| — | Best Male Comedy Performance | Nominee |
| — | Best Production Design | Nominee |
| — | Best Scripted Casting | Nominee |
BAFTA Scotland Awards
4 nominations, 1 won
| — | Best Actor (Television) | Winner |
| — | Best Actor (Television) | Nominee |
| — | 'Scot on Screen' Audience Award | Nominee |
| — | Best Actor (Television) | Nominee |
International Emmy Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| — | Best Comedy Series | Winner |
Critics' Choice Television Awards
1 nomination
| — | Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series | Nominee |
National Comedy Awards
4 nominations, 4 won
| — | Outstanding Comedy Actress | Winner |
| — | Outstanding Supporting Role | Winner |
| — | Best Scripted Comedy Series | Winner |
| — | Outstanding Comedy Actor | Winner |
Televisual Bulldog Awards
3 nominations, 3 won
| — | Comedy | Winner |
| — | Editing | Winner |
| — | Music | Winner |
RTS Programme Awards
3 nominations, 1 won
| — | Comedy Performance: Male | Winner |
| — | Scripted Comedy | Nominee |
| — | Writer: Comedy | Nominee |
British LGBT Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| — | Metro Media Moment | Winner |
Newport Beach Film Festival
1 nomination, 1 won
| — | Artist of Distinction | Winner |
GLAAD Media Awards
3 nominations
| — | Outstanding Comedy Series | Nominee |
| — | Outstanding Comedy Series | Nominee |
| — | Outstanding Comedy Series | Nominee |
National Television Awards
3 nominations
| — | Comedy | Nominee |
| — | Comedy | Nominee |
| — | Comedy | Nominee |
Gold Derby Film Awards
2 nominations
| — | Comedy Actor | Nominee |
| — | Breakthrough Performer of the Year | Nominee |
Guild of Music Supervisors Awards
2 nominations
| — | Best Music Supervision in a Comedy Series | Nominee |
| — | Best Music Supervision in a Comedy Series | Nominee |
MTV Movie & TV Awards
2 nominations
| — | Breakthrough Performance | Nominee |
| — | Best Kiss | Nominee |
Online Film and Television Awards
2 nominations
| — | Best Supporting Actress in Drama Series | Nominee |
| — | Best Writing in Drama Series | Nominee |
RTS Craft & Design Awards
2 nominations
| — | Best Director – Comedy | Nominee |
| — | Best Editing – Comedy | Nominee |
AACTA International Awards
1 nomination
| — | Best Comedy Series | Nominee |
Hollywood Music in Media Awards
1 nomination
| — | Best Music Supervision – Television | Nominee |
NME Awards
1 nomination
| — | Best TV Actor | Nominee |
TRIC Awards
1 nomination
| — | Comedy Programme | Nominee |
TV Choice Awards
1 nomination
| — | Best Drama Series | Nominee |