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Season 1 – The Listeners

Play trailer Poster for Season 1 – The Listeners Nov 2024 Drama Mystery & Thriller Play Trailer Watchlist
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92% Tomatometer 12 Reviews 33% Popcornmeter Fewer than 50 Ratings
Claire, a popular English teacher, begins to hear a low humming sound that no one else around her can hear.
The Listeners — Season 1

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Critics Consensus

Unfolding its mysteries at a patient pace, The Listeners beckons viewers to pay close attention -- which is made all the easier by Rebecca Hall's compelling presence.

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James Jackson The Times (UK) 11/27/2024
4/5
The Listeners takes suburban ennui to a new level altogether. Go to Full Review
Barbara Ellen The Times (UK) 11/25/2024
3/5
There’s also the sense that you’re partaking against your will in a televised immersive art installation, and I like that. Here is a drama that aggravates and intrigues in equal measure. Go to Full Review
Dan Einav Financial Times 11/21/2024
4/5
The result can be alienating and sometimes narratively dissatisfying. But this is a series, rare among recent BBC offerings, that prioritises ideas over plot. Go to Full Review
Christopher Stevens Daily Mail (UK) Aug 4
4/5
It’s hard for viewers to retain sympathy with a teacher who falls for a schoolboy. But Rebecca Hall is the daughter of theatre director Sir Peter Hall and opera singer Maria Ewing, so she’s got the pedigree for challenging roles. Go to Full Review
Alison Rowat The Herald (Scotland) 12/03/2024
I haven’t got a clue what is going on, which is a good thing, I think. Go to Full Review
Pat Stacey Irish Independent 12/02/2024
Underwhelming in every sense. Go to Full Review
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Ross M @RT14420929 04/27/2025 Featuring uniformly unlikeable characters going over the same ground with minor variations episode after episode. It barely moves. See more Robin B @RT73771448 01/30/2025 Repetitive and slow moving with characters who are very hard to love - even the good guys. A mishmash of concepts randomly thrown together hinting at a depth which, in reality, is sadly lacking. One suspects the reviewers give a positive impression for fear of being accused of missing the point when, in fact, there is none. See more Matt P @RT79334392 12/20/2024 By the final episode, The Listeners establishes itself as a delicate, intelligent drama which requires a modicum of intelligence from the viewer to grasp its multi-layered nuance, as themes and ideas ranging from isolationism, to mental health, to post-truth, and a healthy dose of existentialism take centre stage. It doesn’t spoon-feed you which is perhaps why many reviews dismiss it. If you watch it open to what it explores, it’s very worthy of your time. See more Tim J @RT32274366 12/19/2024 Tedious relationship drama masking as an interesting audio experimental exploration , shame you have to wait till half way though episode two for it to show its dull colours. Wate of time. See more Charles S @RT77357160 12/14/2024 There are 11 reviews as of the date my this post: 2 by “critics” of which one was good, the other very bad. There are 9 audience reviews and all but 1 is bad. SO HOW DO YOU GET A 91% RATING OUT OF THAT? IT SHOULD BE MORE LIKE 11%. I WON'T BE COMING BACK TO THIS SITE ANYTIME SOON. See more Dave H @RT15842450 12/13/2024 What absolute tripe. No story, no plot nothing Just endless inane rubbish minute after minute. Sorely tempted to dump it halfway through episode one but thinking it cant get worse I persevered. It didn't. In the long history of Political correctness and box ticking at the BBC this has to be the worst See more Read all reviews
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Episodes

Episode 1 Aired Nov 19, 2024 Episode 1 Claire starts hearing an incessant rumbling, no one seems able to help - until her student claims to also hear the noise. Details Episode 2 Aired Nov 19, 2024 Episode 2 Claire and Kyle discover a group of others who can not only hear The Hum but also want to embrace it. Details Episode 3 Aired Nov 19, 2024 Episode 3 Unable to experience The Hum the way the others can, Claire has a crisis. Details Episode 4 Aired Nov 19, 2024 Episode 4 At first resistant, Claire finally loses herself in the Hum. Details Episode 5 Aired Nov 19, 2024 Episode 5 As the outside world closes in on the group, one last group session ends in tragedy. Details
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Season Info

Director
Janicza Bravo
Screenwriter
Jordan Tannahill
Network
Starz
Rating
TV-MA
Genre
Drama, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language
British English
Release Date
Nov 19, 2024