The Listeners is a psychological thriller about Claire, a teacher and mother whose life starts unraveling when she begins hearing a low humming sound that no one else can hear.

What it’s about

  • Claire’s mysterious “hum” affects her health and relationships, causing tension with her husband and daughter.
  • Doctors can’t find a medical cause, which deepens the mystery.
  • She later meets a student who can hear it too, and that connection pulls them into an unusual group that treats the sound like something meaningful or even special.

Main themes

  • Mystery versus belief.
  • Isolation and belonging.
  • How a strange experience can grow into something bigger, more unsettling, and more socially charged.

In one line

It’s basically a creepy, character-driven story about a woman hearing a sound nobody else can hear, and what happens when that experience starts reshaping her whole life.

The series is a four-episode drama adapted from Jordan Tannahill’s novel and stars Rebecca Hall.