BBC/HBO finance drama ‘Industry‘, which follows a group of ambitious young graduates competing for a limited number of permanent positions at a leading international investment bank in London, will premiere this November on BBC Two, the day after it airs on HBO in the US, it has been announced.
The drama gives an insider’s view of the “black box” of high finance through the eyes of an outsider – Harper Stern (Myha’la Herrold), a talented young woman from upstate New York. Fuelled by ambition, youth and romance, ‘Industry’ examines issues of gender, race, class, and privilege in the workplace as five impressionable young minds begin to forge their identities within the pressure-cooker environment and sensory blitz of Pierpoint & Co’s trading floor, where meritocracy is promised but hierarchy is king.
The ensemble cast includes Myha’la Herrold (‘The Tattooed Heart’), Marisa Abela (‘Cobra’), Harry Lawtey (‘Marcella’), David Jonsson (‘Deep State’), Nabhaan Rizwan (‘Informer’), Freya Mavor (‘The ABC Murders’), Will Tudor (‘Game of Thrones’, ‘Humans’), Conor Macneill (‘Death and Nightingales’) and Ken Leung (‘Marvel’s Inhumans’, ‘The Blacklist’).
‘Industry’ comes from first-time creators Mickey Down and Konrad Kay who also exec produce. Jane Tranter, Lachlan MacKinnon, Ryan Rasmussen, David P. Davis also exec produce, along with Ben Irving for BBC. The series is produced for BBC & HBO by Bad Wolf (‘A Discovery of Witches’, ‘His Dark Materials’). Writers include Kay, Down, playwright Sam H. Freeman and Kate Verghese (‘Holby City’). Directors include Lena Dunham (‘Girls’), Ed Lilly (‘VS’), Tinge Krishnan (‘Junkhearts’), and Mary Nighy (‘Traces’, ‘Silent Witness’).
‘Industry‘ Season 1 premieres Tuesday 10th November 2020, at 9.15pm on BBC Two in the UK. HBO airs the drama Monday, November 9, 2020, at 10pm in the USA.
