A Cruel Love: The Ruth Ellis Story
(a Titles & Air Dates Guide)Last updated: Mon, 31 Mar 2025 -2:00
The true story of Ruth Ellis: her lifestyle as a young nightclub manageress, her violent relationship with the abusive lover she then killed in cold blood, and her arrest, trial, and subsequent legal battle before she became the last woman to be hanged in Britain. Based on A Fine Day For Hanging by Carol Ann Lee.
Show Details:
Start date: Mar 2025
End date: Mar 2025
Status: cancelled/ended
Network(s): BritBox (UK)
Run time: 50 min
Episodes: 4 eps
Genre(s): Crime/Mystery, Drama
End date: Mar 2025
Status: cancelled/ended
Network(s): BritBox (UK)
Run time: 50 min
Episodes: 4 eps
Genre(s): Crime/Mystery, Drama
Credits:
- Lucy Boynton as Ruth Ellis
- Toby Jones as John Bickford
- Laurie Davidson as David Blakely
- Mark Stanley as Desmond Cussen
- Joe Armstrong as DCI Davies
- Arthur Darvill as Victor Mishcon
- Juliet Stevenson as Dr. Charity Taylor
- Bessie Carter as Carole Findlater
Episode list & details from:
TVmaze
| Episode # | Original Air Date |
Titles | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | |||
| 1. | 1-1 | 05 Mar 25 | Episode 1 |
| 2. | 1-2 | 05 Mar 25 | Episode 2 |
| 3. | 1-3 | 05 Mar 25 | Episode 3 |
| 4. | 1-4 | 05 Mar 25 | Episode 4 |
| Specials | |||
| S01. | 1-0 | 05 Mar 25 | The Real Ruth Ellis |