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Where to watch "A Cruel Love: The Ruth Ellis Story"
4. Episode 4
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The final part of the drama telling the story of Ruth Ellis, the last woman to be hanged in the UK. Ruth finally agrees to tell her lawyer Victor Mishcon the full story and nothing but the truth the day before her execution.
3. Episode 3
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Found guilty and condemned to hang in three weeks time, Ruth initially accepts her fate but becomes more desperate as her time draws near and her lawyer puts pressure on the Home Office for a reprieve as Ruth reflects on the past few months, we learn that she had become pregnant with David's child.
2. Episode 2
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Ruth is on trial for murder at the Old Bailey and must face not only criminal charges, but also the prejudices of the British legal and class systems in putting together his defence, Bickford becomes ever more convinced that Ruth is hiding information about the day of the murder which could change the course of her case.
1. Episode 1
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Ruth Ellis is arrested following the shooting of her lover David Blakely, she admits murder and the police believe it to be an open-and-shut case, but Ruth's solicitor John Bickford starts to understand some of what she has suffered
