''Industry'' is a television drama series created by Mickey Down and Konrad Kay. The show follows a group of young graduates competing for permanent positions at Pierpoint & Co, a prestigious

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in London. It premiered on 9 November 2020 on HBO in the United States, and on 10 November 2020 on

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in the United Kingdom. In December 2020, it was renewed for a second season which premiered on 1 August 2022. In October 2022, the series was renewed for a third season.

Cast

''Industry'' features a large cast, although only Yasmin ( Marisa Abela), Harper (

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), Robert ( Harry Lawtey) and Eric (

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) have appeared in every episode. Gus (David Jonsson), Kenny (

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) and Daria (

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) appear in every episode of the first season, while Danny (Alex Alomar Akpobome) appears in every episode of the second season. All other cast members appear infrequently but are credited with the main cast when they appear.

Main

* Marisa Abela as Yasmin Kara-Hanani, an ambitious graduate from a wealthy background, fluent in English, Spanish, French, Italian and Arabic, assigned to the Foreign Exchange Sales (FX) desk at Pierpoint * Priyanga Burford as Sara Dhadwal (season 1), the President of Pierpoint London *

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as Hilary Wyndham, Managing Director of FX at Pierpoint *

as Harper Stern, an underrated, intelligent, and talented young woman from New York, assigned to the Cross Product Sales (CPS) desk at Pierpoint *David Jonsson as Gus Sackey, a black, gay graduate of '' literae humaniores'' at

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and

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, initially assigned to the Investment Banking Division (IBD) desk at Pierpoint, then the CPS desk * Harry Lawtey as Robert Spearing, a graduate of Oxford from a working-class Welsh background, assigned to the CPS desk at Pierpoint *

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as Greg Grayson (season 1), a VP at the CPS desk *

as Kenny Kilbane, a VP at the FX desk at Pierpoint, Yasmin's direct line manager *

as Daria Greenock (season 1; guest season 2), a VP at the CPS desk at Pierpoint, Harper's manager *

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as Clement Cowan (season 1), CPS VP and Robert's manager, who struggles with heroin addiction *

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as Hari Dhar (pilot), a graduate of a state school from a

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-speaking immigrant family, assigned to the IBD desk at Pierpoint *

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as Theo Tuck (season 1), a closeted Eton graduate and second year research analyst for Pierpoint *

as Eric Tao, the CPS Managing Director who takes Harper under his wing *

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as Nicole Craig, a Pierpoint client who is sexually inappropriate with Harper (season 1) and Robert (season 2). *

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as Felim Bichan, a fund manager and Pierpoint's biggest client *

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as Usman Abboud (season 1), assistant to Kaspar Zenden, Clement's main client *Alex Alomar Akpobome as Danny Van Deventer (season 2), the Executive Director from Pierpoint New York who becomes involved with Harper *Nicholas Bishop as Maxim Alonso (season 2; recurring season 1), Yasmin's family friend and one of Pierpoint's potential clients *Katrine De Candole as Celeste Pacquet (season 2), one of Pierpoint's Private Wealth Managers who becomes involved with Yasmin *Sagar Radia as Rishi Ramdani (season 2; recurring season 1), an associate and market maker on the CPS desk *Indy Lewis as Venetia Berens (season 2; guest season 1), Yasmin's newest recruit on the Foreign Exchange Sales Desk * Trevor White as Bill Adler (season 2; guest season 1), the global head of FICC at Pierpoint *Caoilfhionn Dunne as Jackie Walsh (season 2; recurring season 1), a VP on the FX desk *

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as Jesse Bloom (season 2), Harper's primary client, a hedge fund manager who capitalized greatly off the pandemic *

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as Charles Hanani (season 2), Yasmin's father * Sonny Poon Tip as Leo Bloom (season 2), Jesse's son who becomes involved with Gus *Faith Alabi as Aurore Adekunle (season 2), a Tory politician *Elena Saurel as Anna Gearing (season 2), the head of FutureDawn Partners

Recurring

* Jonathan Barnwell as Seb Oldroyd (season 1), Yasmin's underachieving, drug-addled boyfriend

Episodes

Series overview

Series 1 (2020)

Series 2 (2022)

Production

In November 2017, it was announced that

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had put the series into development, with Mickey Down and Konrad Kay set to write the series with

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set to serve as an executive producer, under the banner of her

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British production company. In June 2019, it was announced that HBO had greenlit the series, with

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set to direct the pilot.

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began in June 2019, in

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, Wales. In December 2019, it was announced that Myha'la Herrold, Marisa Abela, Harry Lawtey, David Johnson, Nabhaan Rizwan,

and

had joined the cast of the series, with Tinge Krishnan, Ed Lilly and

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set to serve as directors, and Sam H. Freeman and Kate Verghese to serve as writers. In December 2020, HBO renewed the series for a second season. In July 2021, Alex Alomar Akpobome and

were cast as new series regular while Indy Lewis who guest starred in the first season was promoted to as a series regular for the second season. The second season filming wrapped on December 8, 2021. In March 2022,

, Sonny Poon Tip, and Katrine De Candole were cast as new series regulars for the second season. The second season premiered on 1 August 2022 on HBO. In October 2022, HBO renewed the series for a third season.

Reception

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, the first season holds an approval rating of 76% with an average rating of 7.7/10, based on 38 reviews. The website's critics consensus states, "Though ''Industry'' social critiques tend toward the superficial, sharp writing and an excellent ensemble make it easy to enjoy its soapy workplace drama anyway." On

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, it has a weighted average score of 69 out of 100 based on 17 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews". The second season has a 100% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes, based on 11 reviews, with an average rating of 8/10. The website's critics consensus reads, "Finessing complicated financial jargon into scathing repartee, ''Industry''s stock is way up in this superlative sophomore season full of frustrated ambitions and tested loyalties." The series also took note by Vanity Fair by dubbing it as, "'' Succession'' meets ''

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