What You Should Know About HBO Original Industry

Industry is one of the latest dramas to feature the unrelenting life in investment banking and finance, one of the centres of capitalism. However, this drama takes softer blows towards its characters and involves less of the cutthroat competitiveness and high-stakes losses that twenty-something usually have to face as they enter into a materialist world full of skeptics where nothing can be trusted but the flow of money. All you gotta do is keep the money flowing right?

Mickey Down and Konrad Kay created this British television drama for HBO. If you need another reason to watch this show, get this: Lena Dunham directed the first episode. Yep, you heard us right. That award-winning actress, director and writer Lena Dunham.

When does the show come out? What is it all about? Is it worth watching? Well, keep on reading to find more out!

Industry: Plot and Cast

The show focuses on a group of young college graduates, mostly from Oxford University and Cambridge University, who compete for permanent jobs at the Pierpoint & Co. This is a prestigious investment bank in London, very favorable to Oxbridge graduates, but also cutthroat competitive.

Myha’la Herrold plays Harper Stern, who is a talented woman from New York. She has travelled to London all the way from America to prove she can be one of the best in the business. Marisa Abela plays Yasmin Kara-Hanani, who works in the Foreign Exchange Section at the company.

Harry Lawtey plays Robert Spearing while David Johnson plays Gus Sackey, who graduated from both Eton and Oxford. He is also Robert’s roommate. Nabhan Rizwan plays Hari Dhar.

Freya Mavor plays Daria Greenock, the Vice President of Cross Product Sales at the company. Will Tudor plays Theo Tuck, a research analyst at the company.

Industry: Release Date and Trailer

The series was officially released in the United States on November 9, 2020 on HBO. It came out on BBC Two on November 10, 2020 in the United Kingdom. Watch the trailer below: