Rebecca Hall (Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire) stars as English teacher Claire, whose life begins to unravel when she hears ‘the hum’. Tensions rise between her and her husband Paul (Prasanna Puwanarajah, The Crown) and daughter Ashley (Mia Tharia, Phoenix Rise). Doctor after doctor is left stumped by Claire’s condition, leaving her more frustrated and confused than ever.
BBC Television’s new four-parter The Listeners is that rare thing – a drama that teases and tantalises, unwilling to offer the viewer easy answers.
The series is adapted by the Canadian author Jordan Tannahill from his novel of the same name, and made by Element Pictures, the Dublin indie behind Normal People and Conversations with Friends. It revolves round Claire, an English teacher whose contented life is disrupted when she starts hearing a persistent hum that no one around her seems to hear.
