HBO has locked the Industry season 4 premiere for Sunday, January 11, 2026 at 9 p.m. ET. A new teaser sets the mood with Nina Simone’s “Lilac Wine” and flashes of bruising boardroom maneuvering between Harper and Yasmin — a premiere that signals fresh arenas of power and a sharpened tone.

Release date, teaser, and what shifts in season 4

The new season arrives in the wake of Pierpoint & Co.’s collapse and pivots into a shinier, riskier arena: Tender, a payment‑processing “splashy fintech darling” with a Canary Wharf HQ designed with an “edge of danger.” Production designer Simon Rogers describes walls that feel like they “might cut you.” Creators Mickey Down and Konrad Kay say the season is tinged with “investigative, procedural, conspiracy, and erotic thrillers,” while still drilling into the machinery of money. In their words, the eight episodes “should make for the most compulsively watchable week‑to‑week viewing experience we’ve presented since we first aired.” ELLE’s exclusive set‑visit first look features those details and the new sets.

Scored to Nina Simone’s “Lilac Wine,” the teaser is light on plot but heavy on mood, with Harper and Yasmin’s dynamic front and center as the series broadens beyond the trading floor.

Cast & characters: returning players and new power brokers

  • Myha’la returns as Harper Stern;
  • Marisa Abela as Yasmin Kara‑Hanani;
  • Ken Leung as Eric Tao;
  • Sagar Radia as Rishi Ramdani;
  • Miriam Petche as Sweetpea Golightly;
  • Kit Harington as tech founder Sir Henry Muck.
  • Max Minghella joins as Whitney Halberstram, Tender’s CFO/founder — “an enigma” and a “tornado of cutthroat ambition.”
  • Kiernan Shipka plays Hayley Clay, an executive assistant at Tender who “wears many masks” and “will stop at nothing to get it.”
  • Charlie Heaton is Jim Dyker, a financial journalist who’s “intrepid but morally skewed.”
  • Toheeb Jimoh arrives as Kwabena Bannerman and keeps it simple: season 4 is “Really fucking epic.”
  • Amy James‑Kelly appears as newly promoted Labour minister Jennifer “Jenni” Bevan.

Photography is credited to Simon Ridgway/HBO.

Where and when to watch the premiere

Industry season 4 premieres Sunday, January 11, 2026 at 9 p.m. ET on HBO, with eight episodes rolling out weekly. The trailer’s “Lilac Wine” soundtrack hints at a darker current as the series moves into Tender’s glass‑and‑steel world.

Why the new direction matters

Tender’s gleaming corridors and the arrivals of Whitney, Hayley, Jim, Kwabena, and Jenni expand the world from the city desk to the wider circuitry of capital. With Down and Kay signaling a thriller‑leaning aesthetic and a stacked ensemble, season 4 is set to escalate ambition and consequence in equal measure.

Bottom line: Mark the premiere date. Between the eight‑episode run, a mood‑forward teaser, and a reloaded cast, Industry season 4 looks ready to redraw every power dynamic.

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