Sex Education to film for Netflix

Cardiff BayA new comedy drama for Netflix is now in pre-production with filming due to take place in south Wales

Sex Education comes from Eleven Film and tells the story of Otis Thompson, a socially awkward high-school virgin who lives with his sex-therapist mother. 

Laurie Nunn has written the coming-of-age comedy drama with Ben Taylor (a veteran of Channel 4 comedy Catastrophe) set to direct. 

Taylor also executive produces alongside Eleven Film’s Joel Wilson and Jamie Campbell.

Production Intelligence subscribers can log in for more details including the names of the producer and line producer. 

Netflix’s production presence in the UK is growing, with The Crown having set a new bar for high-end drama budgets.

The streaming giant is also currently in production in the UK on The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance and has several projects in development including a third series of The Crown, the Jason Statham crime drama Viva La Madness and Paris-set musical drama The Eddy. 
 

Production Intelligence



Also on The Knowledge