Sex Education is returning soon for its fourth season, and a new face has joined the cast of the series. Jodie Turner-Smith revealed that she had joined the cast of the Netflix series while on the red carpet for the BAFTA awards.

She also revealed that Ncuti Gatwa, one of the show’s stars, personally called to ask her to join the series. Season four is Gatwa’s last season on the series. The actor has been cast as the star of the next season of Doctor Who.

Turner-Smith said the following, per Variety:

“You may or may not see me in a little Netflix show called Sex Education. First of all all my scenes were with Ncuti Gatwa who – I DIE for him – and he’s my favourite character on the show. So when he called me and asked me to do it I was like, I don’t care how much they’re paying I’m doing.”

Asa Butterfield, Gillian Anderson, Ncuti Gatwa, Aimee-Lou Wood, Emma Mackey, Connor Swindells, Kedar Williams-Stirling, Mimi Keene, George Robinson, Chinenye Ezeudu, Dua Saleh, Alistair Petrie, Samantha Spiro, and Dan Levy also star in the UK comedy series which follows an awkward teenager (Butterfield) whose mother is a sex therapist (Anderson).

It was previously reported that four actors are not returning to the series for season four — Simone Ashley, Tanya Reynolds, Patricia Allison, and Rakhee Thakrar.

If the series is picked up for a fifth season, Gatwa isn’t the only actor who won’t be returning. Per Deadline, Emma Mackey is leaving the Netflix series at the end of season four. She said the following at the BAFTA awards:

“Season 5? I’ve just finished the fourth one last week! No, I don’t think I’ll be in season 5. I’ve said goodbye to Maeve.”

A 2023 premiere date for the fourth season of Sex Education will be announced in the future.

What do you think? Have you been watching this show? Are you excited to see season four of Sex Education on Netflix?