Starz Acquires Fremantle’s ‘The Listeners’ Starring Rebecca Hall

Starz has acquired the exclusive U.S. rights to the BBC’s “The Listeners,” a five-part thriller starring Rebecca Hall that will premiere in 2026.

The drama series, which comes from Fremantle’s Elemental Pictures and is inspired by the novel of the same name, explores “the seduction of the wild and unknowable, the human search for the transcendent, the rise of conspiracy culture in the West, and the desire for community and connection in our increasingly polarized times.”

“The Listeners” follows Claire (Hall), a popular English teacher who begins to hear a low humming sound that no one else around her can hear. The noise gradually upsets the balance of her life,…