Girls star helms the first episode of this thrilling HBO/BBC co-production exploring the life of duelling graduates in a London investment bank
The banking drama Industry (BBC Two) arrived on our screens with more than a bit of hype behind it, having already been compared to everything from Succession to Skins, Mad Men to This Life, and with an opening episode directed by Lena Dunham.
Gladly, the fanfare around this HBO/BBC co-production is wholly deserved. Industry is alternately mundane, thrilling, taut, messed up, real and shocking. Over the coming weeks, your opinion of its leads will have fluctuated more times than the FTSE 100 has during the Covid pandemic. One of its biggest strengths is that it doesn’t try to explain exactly what all those flashing numbers on its protagonists’ screens mean, while still showing the devastation they can cause. A bad day at the office here could mean losing your job – or far worse.
