"It is niche, says Down. We don't write to any kind of brief. We don't write what we think is going to be interesting to other people or commercial. For every 10 people that don't understand a reference or the thing we're trying to do with the costume or the subtle hint we're making about someone's class, there'll be one person that gets it."
"And for that one person, Industry is hard to beat. Not to toot my own horn, says Myha'la, the mononymous 29-year-old who co-stars as daredevil American trader Harper Stern, but I think there isn't anything better than this show out there right now. I and many others agree. Since its 2020 debut, the BBC-HBO co-production has evolved from an intriguingly cool chronicle of trading floor hierarchies and after-hours hedonism into a kaleidoscopic and mercilessly entertaining study of money, status and power in the UK."
"Along the way it accrued huge acclaim in 2024, the New Yorker called it the most thrilling offering currently on TV and a hardcore cult following (see: feverishly updated subreddit IndustryOnHBO). Down and Kay have hypothesised that US viewers who by series three were numbering 1.6 million per episode appreciate its insidery portrait of British society precisely because they struggle to understand it."
Industry is a zeitgeisty, iconoclastic drama about young City bankers that embraces slightly inaccessible, niche storytelling. The creators prioritize creative impulses over commercial briefs and design references and costumes that only some viewers understand. The show targets a small audience of viewers who decode its class cues and insider details. The BBC-HBO co-production debuted in 2020 and evolved into a kaleidoscopic study of money, status and power in the UK, earning major critical acclaim and building a hardcore cult following. Industry has launched actors' careers and reached roughly 1.6 million US viewers per episode by series three.
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