BBC banking drama Industry came to an end this week with back-to-back episodes that set the show up for its hotly-anticipated second series.
The graduates finally discovered which of them would continue on at Pierpoint, the fictional London bank at the centre of the drama.
There was also a three-way kiss between Harper (Myha’la Herrold), Robert (Harry Lawtey) and Yasmin (Marisa Abela), although there were far fewer sex scenes than there had been in earlier episodes, which made headlines for their raunchiness and rampant drug use.
There was a three-way kiss between Harper (Myha’la Herrold), Robert (Harry Lawtey) and Yasmin (Marisa Abela), although there were far fewer sex scenes than there had been in earlier episodes, which made headlines for their raunchiness and rampant drug use
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Everyone is furiously spinning webs and forming new pacts
By Laura Martin BBC
Grab a bag of Rishi’s popcorn, as Reduction in Force day at Pierpoint is here, and there’s more complex power plays going on here than in
The Queen’s Gambit.
Over the past seven episodes, we’ve watched as the high-end banking industry and all its shocking lack of ethics have insidiously infected our four grads: Harper (Myha’la Herrold), Yasmin (Marisa Abela), Robert (Harry Lawtey) and Gus (David Jonsson). But judgement day has arrived, and the would-be Nick Leesons now have to give a speech to their seniors about why they should be hired - which, excruciatingly, is broadcast on TVs all around the trading floor.
The only thing that s unrealistic about Industry is the sex
Abuse, bullying, sadistic bosses. Yes. But bankers have nowhere near as much sex as the characters in BBC Two s drama, says a former staffer
High-pressure: BBC Two s Industry looks at investment banking
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A few weeks ago, a good friend of mine suggested I watch Industry, the new drama series on BBC Two. “It’s about your world,” he said. “Investment banking.” I wasn’t sure. Would it just demonise my people all over again, making us out to be monsters and knaves, depraved sociopaths and criminals?
The show, which follows a group of graduate trainees at the fictional bank Pierpoint, is set in the present day and I secured my first job as a trader back in the Nineties, but up until last year I was still working in finance and, in my time, I have seen hundreds of ambitious graduates dip a toe into the shark-infested waters of the trading floor and either survive or get gobbled up. To my surpris
HBO has renewed its new London-set drama series
Industry for a second season, according to The Hollywood Reporter. All of the episodes for Season 1 are available to stream now on HBO Max, with episodes also releasing weekly on the HBO channel until the season finale on December 21.
“Mickey and Konrad have captured an authentic, fresh angle on workplace culture from the bottom up and presented a complex look at navigating life in your early twenties – replete with thrills, failures, and victories,” said HBO Programming executive vp Francesca Orsi. “It’s exciting to see fans embrace these young graduates, and we join them in anticipation of what’s in store for season two. We also send a big thanks to our partners at Bad Wolf and BBC.”