Yahoo News The Listeners - full cast, episodes, plot and filming locations for BBC series
The BBC will air it's 'haunting' new drama The Listeners this week, following a teacher who begins to hear a low humming sound that no one else can hear. The series starts on Tuesday, November 19 and will see English teacher, Claire (Rebecca Hall), strike up an unlikely friendship with one of her students who can also hear the sound.
Over the course of the series, the sound begins to upset the balance of Claire's life, impacting her professional and personal life. Claire and her student, Kyle (Ollie West), find themselves increasingly isolated from their families, and fall in with a group who also claim they can here 'The Hum.'
The four-part series - based on the 2021 novel of the same name by Jordan Tannahill - has been been described as 'enigmatic, provocative, and haunting.' Here's everything you need to know about The Listeners on the BBC.
What is The Listeners on the BBC about?
The Listeners will see English teacher, Claire, tormented by a continuous humming noise that seemingly only a few people are able to hear. The innocuous sound deprives Claire of sleep, and her nose begins to bleed apparently without cause. Her relationship with her husband and daughter also becomes increasingly strained.
The BBC synopsis reads: "The Listeners centres around Claire (Rebecca Hall), a popular English teacher, who begins to hear a low humming sound that no one else around her can hear. This seemingly innocuous noise gradually upsets the balance of her life, increasing tension between herself and her husband, Paul, and daughter, Ashley.
"But despite multiple doctors, no obvious source or medical cause can be found. When she discovers that a student of hers, Kyle, can also hear the sound, the two strike up an unlikely and intimate friendship. Finding themselves increasingly isolated from their families, friends and colleagues, they fall in with a disparate group of neighbours, led by a charismatic couple, Jo and Omar, who also claim they can hear what they call "The Hum" – but rather than track down the source to stop it, believe it is a gift, heard only by a "chosen few."
"Enigmatic, provocative, and haunting, The Listeners explores the seduction of the wild and unknowable, the human search for the transcendent, the rise of conspiracy culture in the West, and the desire for community and connection in our increasingly polarised times."
How many episodes of The Listeners are there?
The Listeners is a four-part series which will air on BBC One on Tuesday, November 19 at 9pm. The remaining episodes will air in the same timeslot over the coming weeks. All episodes will be available to watch on November 19 on BBC iPlayer.
Who is in the cast of The Listeners?
Rebecca Hall plays the lead role of Claire in The Listeners. Hall has previously appeared in crime drama The Town, horror thriller The Awakening and superhero film Iron Man 3. In the show, Claire strikes up an unlikley friendship with Kyle, played by Ollie West.
Here is the cast in full:
Rebecca Hall as Claire
Ollie West as Kyle
Prasanna Puwanarajah as Paul
Akai Coleman as Rory
Mia Tharia as Ashley Kutty
Franc Ashman as Cassandra
Romy Kelleher as Raina
Lucy Chambers as Sophie
Miamh McCann as Siobhan
Delroy Brown as Aldo
Where was The Listeners filmed?
While The Listeners is not set anywhere specific, the series was filmed in and around Greater Manchester. Specific filming locations have not been revealed by the BBC.
