Ruth Ellis, Cruel Love

‘A Cruel Love: The Ruth Ellis Story,’ About the Last Woman Hanged in Britain, Started With an Email
Executive producers Kate Bartlett and Antonia Gordon of Silverprint Pictures took on the tale of an "obsessive relationship" that was "toxic and abusive," meaning "it was important to tell the full story.
A Cruel Love: The Ruth Ellis Story air date confirmed for real-life drama
ITV has confirmed that its upcoming drama A Cruel Love: The Ruth Ellis Story will begin airing on ITV1 and ITVX at 9pm on Wednesday 5th March. The series – which is already available on BritBox for US viewers – is based on the true story of the last woman to be hanged in Britain, with Lucy Boynton taking on the central role.
Who Was Ruth Ellis? Learn the True Story Behind BritBox’s ‘A Cruel Love’
The Britbox series ‘exposes the timeless British obsessions of class, sex, and death’ through a real-life crime story 70 years old.
A Cruel Love: The Ruth Ellis Story
The Ruth Ellis Story, about a woman convicted of killing her abusive lover who then became the last woman to be hanged in the UK. On this episode, she talks about why the challenge she faced portraying Ellis “wasn’t an actor issue,
Lucy Boynton reveals tragedy behind true crime in ‘A Cruel Love: The Ruth Ellis Story’
Her story has been told and retold in film, TV, onstage, even in opera. Now, with Monday’s four-part BritBox saga, “A Cruel Love: The Ruth Ellis Story” starring Lucy Boynton, the real, factual case is unveiled.
'A Cruel Love' re-creates the 1950's murder trial of Ruth Ellis
Actress Lucy Boynton joins Morning Joe to discuss the new true crime series 'A Cruel Love: The Ruth Ellis Story,' about the circumstances surrounding the 1955 murder trial of Ruth Ellis. Ellis was a nightclub manager in London who was convicted of shooting and killing her abusive boyfriend David Blakely.
Ruth Ellis: The true story of the last woman to be hanged in Britain
One of Britain’s landmark criminal cases, that of Ruth Ellis, has been transformed into a new four-part series starring Lucy Boynton
Lucy Boynton on Playing the Last Woman Hanged in Britain in ‘A Cruel Love: The Ruth Ellis Story’
The drama series, which also stars Laurie Davidson and Toby Jones, launches on BritBox on Monday. "She was such a contradictory and complex person, which makes my job so much more interesting."
‘A Cruel Love: The Ruth Ellis Story’ episode 3 release date, confirmed
BritBox and ITV’s latest period true-crime drama, A Cruel Love: The Ruth Ellis Story, is based on the tragic real-life experiences of 28-year-old Ruth Ellis, the last woman to be hanged in Britain. The first two episodes are now available to watch on BritBox.
Ruth Ellis: Grandson of last woman to be hanged in Britain demands PARDONING ahead of ITV drama
Ruth Ellis' grandson has revealed shocking new details about his grandmother's case, claiming she was manipulated into shooting her lover by a man who provided the murder weapon. Speaking to GB News,
‘Being Ruth Ellis’s granddaughter had no impact on who I am today… or so I thought’
A murder, an execution and a family haunted for generations. Decades later, I finally stopped running from my grandmother’s ...
Lucy Boynton took serious approach to ‘Ruth Ellis’
Lucy Boynton did not know much about the story of Ruth Ellis, Britain’s last woman to hang, before agreeing to star in the ...
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Last woman hanged in UK should be pardoned, says grandson
The last woman to be hanged in the UK should be pardoned, her grandson has said ...