{"id":46900,"date":"2024-03-01T01:01:18","date_gmt":"2024-03-01T00:01:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=2001193"},"modified":"2024-03-01T03:03:58","modified_gmt":"2024-03-01T02:03:58","slug":"rebecca-hall-in-first-look-at-mysterious-new-bbc-drama-the-listeners","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/rebecca-hall-in-first-look-at-mysterious-new-bbc-drama-the-listeners\/","title":{"rendered":"Rebecca Hall in first look at mysterious new BBC drama The Listeners"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hall stars as a teacher who suddenly starts hearing a low humming sound that no one else around her can hear. <\/p>

By Patrick Cremona\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Friday, 01 March 2024 at 00:01 AM<\/p>

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The BBC has unveiled some first-look images of the upcoming drama The Listeners, which stars Rebecca Hall<\/a> (Godzilla vs Kong<\/a>) and will arrive on BBC One and BBC iPlayer<\/a> later this year.<\/p>\n

Adapted by Jordan Tannahill from his novel of the same name and directed by Zola<\/a>\u2018s Janicza Bravo, the series will see Hall play Claire, an English teacher whose world changes when she begins to hear a low humming sound that no one else around her can hear.<\/p>\n

Hall appears in three first-look images, one of which shows her crossing her arms and looking towards the camera (above).<\/p>\n

The second image appears to find Hall\u2019s character in some sort of trance, facing upwards with her eyes closed and mouth open (below).<\/p>\n

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Rebecca Hall as Claire in The Listeners.<\/span><\/figcaption> BBC<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n

Meanwhile, the final image (below) shows her in a similar pose to the second, only this time she\u2019s joined by another character named Kyle (Ollie West), who appears to be striking the same pose.<\/p>\n

It certainly all looks very intriguing, and a closer look at the official synopsis provided by the BBC adds a little more context.<\/p>\n

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Ollie West as Kyle and Rebecca Hall as Claire in The Listeners<\/span><\/figcaption><\/div>\n

It reads: \u201cThis seemingly innocuous noise gradually upsets the balance of her life, increasing tension between herself and her husband, Paul, and daughter, Ashley.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut 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.<\/p>\n

\u201cFinding 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 \u2013 and who believe it could be a gift, heard only by a \u2018chosen few.’\u201d<\/p>\n

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