14 h. ago A Cruel Love viewers 'give up' as they 'struggle' just minutes into new ITV drama

A Cruel Love: The Ruth Ellis Story hit our TV screens on Monday night, but viewers spotted a major problem

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15 h. ago Ruth Ellis' son's tragic life and heartbreaking final act away from A Cruel Love series

A Cruel Love: The Ruth Ellis Story begins on ITV1 tonight and tells the story of the last woman to be hanged in England, but her son's life was just as tragic as hers

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15 h. ago A Cruel Love viewers ‘give up’ just minutes into new ITV drama after major problem

A Cruel Love: The Ruth Ellis Story viewers were quick to point out an issue just minutes into the new drama as they admitted ‘it’s confusing’.

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15 h. ago A Cruel Love: The Ruth Ellis Story on ITV review: a riveting portrayal of a monstrous miscarriage of justice

Toby Jones is on characteristically excellent form as the doomed Ruth’s barrister in ITV’s latest true crime series

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15 h. ago A Cruel Love’s true story of Britain’s last executed woman will make you shudder – and sympathise

Was the last British woman to be executed a victim of misogyny and snobbery? ‘A Cruel Love: The Ruth Ellis Story’ makes her case

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16 h. ago The tragic true story behind ITV's A Cruel Love: The Ruth Ellis Story

Hanged in 1955 over the killing of her abusive lover David Blakely, Ellis was the last woman to ever be hanged in the UK

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17 h. ago Coronation Street star's real life personal link as he stars in ITV's A Cruel Love: The Ruth Ellis Story

Nigel Havers is starring in the new true crime drama and it has a link to his life off-screen

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17 h. ago ITV A Cruel Love: The Ruth Ellis Story cast in full as Lucy Boynton takes the lead

A Cruel Love: The Ruth Ellis Story will delve into the true story of Ruth Ellis, who was famously the last woman to be hanged in the UK. The new ITV drama will show the events that led up to the murder of David Blakely

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17 h. ago Ruth Ellis' children now as A Cruel Love drama on Welsh criminal airs on ITV

Ruth Ellis was the last woman in Britain to be hanged, and when she was executed in 1955 she left behind two children who were both tormented by being associated with their mother

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18 h. ago ITV A Cruel Love: True tragedy of Ruth Ellis who shot her abusive lover dead

New ITV drama A Cruel Love retells the haunting story of Ruth Ellis - exploring her heartbreak and abuse that led to a fateful decision.

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18 h. ago ITV A Cruel Love: Ruth Ellis said six very calm words after shooting abusive husband

Aged just 28, Ruth Ellis became the last woman hanged in Britain on July 13, 1955, with her story now turned into an ITV series, A Cruel Love: The Ruth Ellis Story

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19 h. ago Last woman hanged in UK sparked family 'curse' which ended in tragedy

Ruth Ellis was executed in 1955 for the murder of her lover, David Blakely, with story now being depicted in new ITV1 drama A Cruel Love: The Ruth Ellis Story

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20 h. ago A Cruel Love: The Ruth Ellis Story cast in full and where you have seen them before

A number of UK TV favourites will be appearing in the true-crime story

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20 h. ago 'My gran was last woman to be hanged in UK – it set of deadly chain of events'

In 1955, Ruth Ellis was the last woman to be hanged in Britain and her story is now being told in new ITV drama – A Cruel Love: The Ruth Ellis Story

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24 h. ago Lucy Boynton's life away from Ruth Ellis role from famous ex to talented partner

A Cruel Love: The Ruth Ellis Story will see Lucy Boynton take on the role of Ruth Ellis - but what do we know about the star away from the cameras?

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25 h. ago A Cruel Love The Ruth Ellis Story cast in full as Lucy Boynton takes the lead

A Cruel Love The Ruth Ellis Story airs on ITV1 and will examine the circumstances of David Blakely's murder

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29 h. ago A Cruel Love: The Ruth Ellis Story – The tragic real life crime behind the ITV drama

A new ITV drama is set to reignite interest in the famous execution that shook post-war England and advanced the abolition of the death penalty

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31 h. ago Ruth Ellis and the tragedy of her children as new drama broadcast on ITV

New ITV drama A Cruel Love: The Ruth Ellis Story will see the tragic life of the last woman to be hanged in Britain explored, including her two children

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50 h. ago ITV A Cruel Love: Inside Ruth Ellis' life and why was she the last woman to be hanged in Britain

A new ITV drama, A Cruel Love: The Ruth Ellis Story, tells the story of the last woman to be hanged in Britain

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50 h. ago Who was Welsh criminal Ruth Ellis? True story behind new ITV drama

New ITV drama A Cruel Love: The Ruth Ellis Story shares the life of the last woman to be sentenced to death in Britain

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