HBO boss Casey Bloys has opened up about the decision to bring Industry to a close with its upcoming fifth season – while also teasing what could come next from its creators. Industry originally followed the personal and professional lives of a group of young graduates who begin their careers at Pierpoint & Co, a prestigious London investment bank, with later seasons broadening the scope of the story to explore the wider UK financial world and the powerful institutions shaping it. The finance drama, created by Konrad Kay and Mickey Down, began life as something of an experiment for HBO, according to Bloys (chairman and CEO, HBO and Max Content). “It’s interesting because the origins were [executive producer] Jane Tranter and I talking, and it was really kind of an experiment,” he told Radio Times. “Could we do a show for a relatively small budget… she’s got a studio in Cardiff, and if we came up with something that we could shoot in Cardiff and used young talent – like, basically kids out of drama …