Sex Education star offers bleak update on season 4 after string of beloved Netflix series are axed

A SEX Education star has offered a bleak update on the future of the popular show.

Filming on the fourth instalment of the beloved show is underway – and it may be the last.

While Doctor Who‘s Ncuti Gatwa is returning for his final appearance, it seems another star is considering walking away too.

Actress Emma Mackey who plays the role of Maeve has revealed she thinks it’s time for Sex Education to end.

Speaking about the complexities of playing a younger character, she confessed she wants to bow out of the show “gracefully”.

She said: “It’s something that I want to gracefully exit from, and be happy that it exists and protect it and enjoy it in the time that it has existed in but yeah, it needs to be left alone now I think.”

Emma added: “We can all move on and take what we learned from Sex Ed as well because it has been a school, quite literally, for all of us.

“It’s just wonderful to have had that education and to have that baptism of fire and to have just been flung into that whole world. I think it’s made us stronger.”

Netflix previously teased what viewers can expect from the fourth series.

They said: “Over in the US, Maeve (Emma Mackey) is living her dream at prestigious Wallace University, being taught by cult author Thomas Molloy. Otis (Asa Butterfield) is pining after her, whilst adjusting to not being an only child at home, or the only therapist on campus…”

The season follows the closure of Moordale Secondary, with Otis and Eric now facing a new frontier – their first day at Cavendish Sixth Form College.

Sex Education’s uncertain future comes after a string of shows have been axed by streaming platforms.

Meanwhile, Batman’s prequel Pennyworth has been cancelled after just two seasons and won’t be returning.

The popular HBO series, which stars English actor Jack Bannon, had gripped viewers since its launch in 2019.