Rebecca Hall “waged an aggressive campaign” to land The Listeners role
Silence is elusive. Does silence even exist? The very question is enough to drive you mad. Pursue it and all you’ll hear is noise. These aural assaults will only be amplified by watching The Listeners, a haunting new BBC drama that tells the story of Claire, a 40-something English teacher who begins to hear a low humming sound whose faintness is in inverse proportion to the chaos it unleashes in her life.