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Heartstopper Forever Streams on Netflix July 17

7/17/2026

Summary

Heartstopper Streams

Heartstopper Forever streams on Netflix on Friday, July 17, 2026, at 12 a.m. PT (3 a.m. ET, 8 a.m. BST, 9 a.m. CET).
Wash Westmoreland directs the film while Alice Oseman writes Volume 6 and the Nick & Charlie novella.
Joe Locke, Kit Connor and other series regulars reprise their roles while Anna Maxwell Martin replaces Olivia Colman as Nick’s mother.
Netflix lists a 1-hour-54-minute runtime, TV-MA rating, and plans from $7.99/month (ads) to $24.99/month (ad-free 4K).

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Connor Produces Heartstopper

Kit Connor and Joe Locke serve as executive producers, their first behind-the-scenes roles.
An intimacy coordinator was hired, letting the actors call the new sexual scenes beautiful and safe.
Creator Alice Oseman aged up the story for adult themes and added doodles and animated hearts for a mature visual style.
Anna Maxwell Martin replaces Olivia Colman as Sarah Nelson, while the final graphic-novel volume released on 2 July 2026.

History

Historical Context

Netflix’s 2019 debut of Sex Education, created by Laurie Nunn and filmed with intimacy coordinator Ita O’Brien, attracted over 40 million viewers in its first month. The series’ safe-handling of explicit scenes set a precedent that streaming services now treat intimacy coordination as standard practice. By 2026, Heartstopper Forever follows that model, embedding an intimacy coordinator to protect its LGBTQ+ leads.

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Heartstopper Streams

Heartstopper Forever streams on Netflix on Friday, July 17, 2026, at 12 a.m. PT (3 a.m. ET, 8 a.m. BST, 9 a.m. CET).
Wash Westmoreland directs the film while Alice Oseman writes Volume 6 and the Nick & Charlie novella.
Joe Locke, Kit Connor and other series regulars reprise their roles while Anna Maxwell Martin replaces Olivia Colman as Nick’s mother.
Netflix lists a 1-hour-54-minute runtime, TV-MA rating, and plans from $7.99/month (ads) to $24.99/month (ad-free 4K).

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