14 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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16 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 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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28 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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8 d. ago ITV A Cruel Love star Lucy Boynton reveals huge challenge playing last woman to be hanged

Lucy Boynton stars in ITV's true crime drama A Cruel Love as Ruth Ellis, who shot her boyfriend dead in 1955 and became the last woman in the UK to be hanged for her crime

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