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Industry was released in the US late last year to the delight of binge-watchers, and it’s finally available in Australia.

Industry was released in the US late last year to the delight of binge-watchers, and it’s finally available in Australia.

TV by Kayla Cobb   All eight episodes of the popular HBO series Industry, which aired in the US in November, have just dropped on Binge. Every element of Industry, from its first time creators Mickey Down and Konrad Kay, to its relatively unknown cast revels in the world of underdogs. The corporate drama, which has already been renewed for a second season, follows a group of new recruits for one of London's largest and most successful investment banks, Pierpoint & Co. Stream Industry on BINGE. New customers get a 14-day free trial. Sign up at binge....

“Are we c***s?” young investment banker Robert asks his colleague Yasmin. I immediately want to yell ‘Yes!’ at my TV, because the characters in new HBO drama Industry are not exactly endearing. But working in London investment bank Pierpoint & Co. they are clearly in the lion’s den. The series created by Mickey Down & Konrad Kay (both Hoff the Record) is as cold as they come. Deals are done, empires rise and fall and any respect in the workplace is discarded in the pursuit of profits -but that’s the point. In the middle of it all is Harper Stern (Myha’la Herrold) one of the am...

Succession  Credit: Peter Kramer  The hugely acclaimed series swept the Emmys earlier this year, landing the hotly-contested trophy for Best Drama Series. While Succession is the latest darling of television critics, showrunner Jesse Armstrong initially intended the series to be a feature film about the media moguls, the Murdoch’s.  The cut-throat Roy family bares more than a passing resemblance to the infamous publishing family, but Armstrong is also thought to have drawn inspiration from fellow media magnates the Sulzbergers (who own a $1.2 billion share in the New York Times) and the ...