ITV's four-part drama A Cruel Love: The Ruth Ellis Story, is based on Carol Ann Lee’s acclaimed biography, A Fine Day for Hanging: The Real Ruth Ellis Story - the show delves into the hidden story of Ruth Ellis and exposes the timeless British obsessions of class, sex and death.
Set in 1955, the story takes viewers through a 28-year-old Ruth Ellis's (Lucy Boynton) rise to become one of London's youngest club managers and the the abusive relationship she experienced with racing driver David Blakely (Laurie Davidson.) Later finding herself on trial for murder, Ruth's notorious execution and fairness of it has been a source of ongoing intrigue in the following decades.
