It may feel like a US high-school drama, but Netflix’s Sex Education was actually shot in our own Wye valley. We asked how locals feel about their newfound fame
Underneath the sign for Brown’s Village Stores, established in 1928, a bright poster urges the drivers of Llandogo to “Slow down!”. It is a well-intentioned message, but from this month onwards things in the Monmouthshire village are much more likely to speed up. In fact, a steady stream of visitors is already pouring in to see the shop and the other key locations used in Sex Education, a quirky comedy which in recent weeks has become one of Netflix’s most successful original television series.
“We are being asked about the show continually now. It is amazing. And I haven’t even seen it yet as I don’t have Netflix,” said Roger Brown, who, with his wife Ruth, has been running the village store since 1958. “People stop when they see our name, which they kept for the show. So it is doing very well for us, which is lovely.”
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