MYSTERIOUS: 2 - What They Never Told You

Who was Ruth Ellis and why was she hanged? The real story behind A Cruel Love

Lucy Boynton portrays Ruth Ellis, the last woman to be executed in the UK, in an unmissable ITV true crime series.

Woman & Home · Mar 5, 2025

TV tonight: Tamara Lawrance is an ace detective in a Jamaica-set thriller

Get Millie Black is an action-packed story by Booker prize-winner Marlon James. Plus, Lucy Boynton stars in a dark true crime drama. Here’s what to watch this evening

The Guardian - UK · Mar 5, 2025

A Cruel Love: from Toby Jones to Lucy Boynton, who plays who in the Ruth Ellis drama?

The show tells the tragic story of the last woman in the UK to be hanged for murder

Evening Standard · Mar 3, 2025

ITV making drama about Ruth Ellis, last woman to be hanged in the UK

ITV has commissioned a drama about Ruth Ellis, the last woman in Britain to be hanged, with Lucy Boynton on hand to star in the title role.

WhatToWatch · Jun 13, 2023

Gary Newbon: The curious case of the roving reporter and the last woman executed...

The story was that Ruth Ellis shot her lover David Blakley dead, and Clive was the only other person present

Wales Online · May 13, 2023

Ruth Ellis and tragedy of little boy left behind when UK's last woman was hanged

Ruth Ellis was the last woman to be hanged in the UK after she shot her lover dead outside a pub in Hampstead two months earlier

Daily Mirror · Aug 14, 2022