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What time is Sex Education on Netflix UK? Release date, cast and Welsh locations

Sex Education is coming back to Netflix for its third instalment this week.

The hugely successful series follows teenager Otis, played by Asa Butterfield, and his sex therapist mother Dr Jean Milburn (Gillian Anderson), as he and his friends navigate relationships at Moordale School.

Filmed in Wales, season 3 of the comedy-drama has been highly-anticipated, with the full trailer dropping last week and actor Asa himself teasing the countdown with fans.

Read more: First look at the retro Welsh bowling alley featured in Netflix's Sex Education

Those waiting for the new season to arrive know it lands on September 17 on the streaming service, but what time will it be available to watch? Here's everything you need to know.

What time is Sex Education on Netflix UK? Release date, cast and Welsh locations (Netflix)

What time is Sex Education on Netflix UK?

Season 3 of Sex Education will be available to stream from 08:01 am in the UK on Friday, September 17.

The official release time on Netflix is 12:01 am Pacific Time.

Who is in the cast of Netflix UK?

Many familiar faces will be returning to Sex Education for the new series, including Asa Butterfield and Gillian Anderson.

Also making a comeback is Otis' best friend Eric (Ncuti Gatwa), Maeve (Emma Mackey), Aimee (Aimee Lou Wood), Adam (Connor Swindells), Jackson (Kedar Williams-Stirling), Ola (Patricia Allison), Lily (Tanya Reynolds), and Headmaster Groff (Alistair Petrie).

Netflix has also confirmed three new cast members.

Posting the news on social media earlier this year, the streaming service told fans: "SEX EDUCATION S3 CAST NEWS: Jemima Kirke is joining as Moordale's new headmistress 'Hope'.

"Dua Saleh is playing 'Cal', a student who clashes with Hope.

"Jason Isaacs is playing 'Peter Groff', Mr Groff's more successful/less modest older brother."

Where is Sex Education filmed?

The Netflix series is mainly filmed in Wales.

It gloriously shows off Welsh scenery around Chepstow, Tintern and Monmouth, as well as just over the border in Symond's Yat.

New sets for this season include the retro Welsh bowling alley scenes, which were filmed in Rhondda Bowl in Tonyrefail. You can read more on this here.

Sex Education lands on Netflix UK on Friday, September 17.

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