STARZ Gains U.S. Rights to The Listeners

STARZ has acquired the U.S. rights to the five-part thriller The Listeners, starring Rebecca Hall and directed by Janicza Bravo, from Fremantle.

Based on the novel by Jordan Tannahill, who worked on the adaptation, the drama premiered on BBC One in the U.K. and will premiere in the U.S. exclusively on STARZ in 2026.

The Listeners is a taut thriller centered around Claire, a popular English teacher, who begins to hear a low humming sound that no one else around her can hear.

Tannahill and Bravo serve as executive producers, alongside Ed Guiney, Andrew Lowe, Chelsea Morgan Hoffmann and Rachel Dargavel for Element Pictures, Rebecca Ferguson for the BBC, and Alice Birch. The series is produced by Ed King. The Listeners is an Element Pictures, a Fremantle company, production for the BBC.

“The Listeners pulls viewers in from the start with its unique mystery while provoking questions about how society treats and believes women’s experiences,” said Alison Hoffman, president of STARZ Networks. “We’re proud to bring this critically acclaimed project to the U.S. and expand our suite of premium programming for women with this riveting psychological thriller.”