Why you need to watch ‘the most cynical show on TV’

Set in the cutthroat world of UK high-finance, Industry is a Gen-Z Succession that’s as ruthless as it is entertaining – here’s why it deserves to be on your radar.

Does anyone enter the world of high finance for altruistic reasons? Ha! That is a laughable idea in Industry, the most cynical show on television. Largely because of that cynicism, it’s also one of the best. The series about young professionals at the London branch of Pierpoint, a major investment bank, is ruthlessly clear-eyed about the cutthroat nature of its business and the competitiveness of its characters who are, if we’re being…