The Listeners: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

The Listeners centres around Claire, 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. But 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 The Hum – and who believe it could be a gift, heard only by a "chosen few."

Series details

• Title: The Listeners
• Format: Scripted
• Language: English
• Genres: Drama
• Premiere date: 2024-11-19
• Final broadcast date listed: 2024-11-19
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Web channel listed by TVmaze: BBC iPlayer
• Network country: United Kingdom
• Typical episode runtime: 48 minutes
• TVmaze community rating: 6.5/10
• TVMaze ID: 67313
• IMDb ID: tt31490551
• TVDB ID: 446892

Cast and credited roles

• Rebecca Hall — Claire Kutty
• Ollie West — Kyle Francis
• Prasanna Puwanarajah — Paul Kutty
• Mia Tharia — Ashley Kutty
• Gayle Rankin — Jo
• Amr Waked — Omar

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2024-11-19; final listed air date 2024-11-19; episode order: 4.

Source and licence

Adapted from The Listeners on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.