Industry

● Industry is a gritty drama following a group of up-and-coming bankers in the cutthroat world of the UK financial industry.

● With hard work just as important as hard partying, Industry centres on Yasmin Kara-Hanani and Harper Stern, two women trying to make it in the male-dominated industry.

● The series stars Marisa Abela and Myha'la as Yasmin and Harper, with Ken Leung as their mentor.

● The supporting cast includes Sarah Parish, Kit Harrington, David Jonnson and Harry Lawtey.

● First launching in 2020, Industry has since expanded beyond the trading floor to incorporate the wider financial market and questions the true cost of success in an industry where weaknesses can be a killer.

● The series has run for four seasons and will end with its fifth and final season which is set to air in 2027.

Industry welcomes you into the twisted world of finance, trust funds and deception – where you can trust no one and only the most cutthroat survive.

As the series begins, investment bank Pierpoint & Co welcomes a group of young graduates who are brought onto the trading floor – including wealthy Yasmin Kara-Hanani, and hard-grafting New Yorker, Harper Stern.

Mentored by industry veteran Eric Tao, both are intent on making their mark by any means necessary, and with a six-month deadline for them to secure their position in the team or be let go, they need to keep their wits about them.

But as they are pulled further into the demanding world of the UK financial sector, friendships give way to professional competition as they will do anything to rise in the ranks.

Away from the office, drugs and alcohol flow freely as they work with the rich and entitled, causing even more complications as playing hard proves just as important as working hard.

Just what exactly is the cost of success and power, and are they willing to pay it?

Since its release in 2020, Industry has earned eight awards, including a BAFTA for Best Actress for Marisa Abuela, and Best Drama in 2025 by the Royal Television Society.

It maintains a near-perfect 91% score on critics’ aggregate site RottenTomatoes.

Industry has run for a total of four seasons, amounting to 32 episodes.

All seasons have eight episodes each, which run for an hour in length.

Yes! But unfortunately, it will be the show’s last.

In February 2026, show creators Mickey Down and Konrad Kay confirmed the series will be ending with season five in a joint statement thanking HBO, the BBC and production company Bad Wolf for helping bring the show to life.

They wrote in part: "For some time now we have been thinking about how best to end the show on an unparalleled high. Unlike some of our characters, we know when to leave a party.

"We’d like to thank our evangelical fan base, especially those who have watched from day one.

"Finally: we owe everything to our crew and the best cast on TV for making our writing live. The characters will live on because of their world-class performances.

“Seeing the HBO ident in front of our work will never stop being a thrill. It remains the best place to make television, and we look forward to continuing our collaboration well into the future."

The final season is set to air in 2027, though a release date is not yet known.

The main cast of Industry throughout the show’s run consists of:

● Marisa Abela (Back to Black, COBRA) as Yasmin Kara-Hanani

● Myha'la (They Will Kill You, Swiped) as Harper Stern

● Ken Leung (Lost, The Night Shift) as Eric Tao

● Sagar Radia (The Good Karma Hospital, The Island) as Rishi Ramdani

● David Jonsson (Rye Lane, Wasteman) as Augustus "Gus" Sackey

● Harry Lawtey (Under Salt Marsh, You & Me) as Robert Spearing

● Kit Harington (Game of Thrones, Extrapolations) as Sir Henry Muck

● Caoilfhionn Dunne (Love/Hate, A Thousand Blows) as Jackie Walsh

● Sarah Parish (Stay Close, W1A) as Nicole Craig

● Miriam Petche (Believe Me, The Worst Witch) as Sweetpea Golightly

● Conor MacNeill (The Tourist, The Sixth Commandment) as Kenny Kilbane

● Adam Levy (The Witcher, Tribunal Justice) as Charles Hanani

New additions for season 4 included:

● Charlie Heaton (Stranger Things, The New Mutants) as James Dycker

● Toheeb Jimoh (The Power, Ted Lasso) as Kwabena Bannerman

● Kal Penn (Harold and Kumar, Designated Survivor) as Jay Jonah Atterbury

● Kiernan Shipka (Mad Men, Totally Killer) as Hayley Clay

● Max Minghella (The Handmaid’s Tale, The Social Network) as Whitney Halberstram

● Edward Holcroft (Alias Grace, The Undeclared War) as Sebastian Stefanowicz

Joining the cast in season 5 is:

● Zosia Mamet (Girls, The Decameron) as Carmen Dame

● Cary Elwes (Saw, Stranger Things) as Padgett Stillman

● Dianna Agron (Glee, The Family) as Skip Binksy

● Sam Riley (Control, Maleficent) as Solomon Kerr

● Jessica Brown Findlay (Black Mirror, Harlots) as Marina St. Clair

● Bally Gill (Slow Horses, Interview With The Vampire) as Nikesh Shah

● Eduard Poliakov (Mavka: The True Myth) as Olexij Kovalchuk

● Luke Manley (Marty Supreme) as Stevie Delmonte

Industry has been rated 18 by HBO, meaning the show contains material that has been deemed suitable for adults only.

Reasons for this rating include:

● Prominent and frequent use of profanity

● Graphic scenes of a sexual nature

● Nudity (including full-frontal male and female nudity)

● Explicit drug use (particularly cocaine)

● Themes of sexual violence

●Scenes of violence

● Some use of blood, gore and graphic injury

● Depictions of suicide

● Emotionally intense scenes some may find upsetting

The BBC hold the exclusive first run rights to Industry, and all four seasons can at time of writing (October 2026) be found on BBC iPlayer.

The first three series of Industry can also be found on HBO Max, available via Sky.

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