Ruth – Lucy Boynton to play Ruth Ellis for brand new itv drama

The broadcaster has commissioned a collection concerning the final British lady to be hanged. 

ITV have given the inexperienced gentle to a four-part drama primarily based on the story of Ruth Ellis, who was the final lady to be hanged in Britain, in 1955.

Screenwriter Kelly Jones (Des) has tailored Ruth’s story from Carol Ann Lee’s 2012 biography A Advantageous Day for Hanging: The Actual Ruth Ellis Story.

Right here’s the synopsis for Ruth:

Instructed over two parallel timelines, Ruth reveals secret truths concerning the case which have remained hidden for many years, poses tantalising questions on what actually occurred within the months earlier than Ruth killed her lover David Blakely, and sheds gentle on the lifetime of one in all Britain’s most notorious murderesses.

The drama depicts Ruth’s entry right into a dizzying higher class London world that guarantees a lot, however in the end delivers treachery. We comply with her glamorous life-style as a younger nightclub manageress, her abusive relationship with the person she later gunned down in chilly blood, her arrest, trial and the following authorized combat to reprieve her earlier than she was hanged by notorious hangman, Albert Pierrepoint, in Holloway Jail, aged simply 28.

The highly effective thriller of what compelled Ruth Ellis to take the lifetime of the person she was in a passionate however poisonous and unstable relationship with will reveal that there was extra to this crime of ardour than Ruth was ready to say. Her silence, and resistance to talk of what occurred between her and dashing racing driver, Blakely, is much extra advanced than she admitted.

Ruth’s solicitor, the low-status however clever and delicate John Bickford, begins to understand a few of what she has suffered and believes they have to make a case for provocation.

With stakes that would not be larger, actually life or demise, Bickford begins his personal investigation and uncovers particulars that would have saved her life had these details been aired in courtroom.

Actress Lucy Boynton, who will play Ruth Ellis, stated:

“Ruth Ellis’ story is a captivating one. Each she and this advanced case have all the time evoked a robust response, and with Kelly’s insightful scripts I’m trying ahead to bringing a brand new perspective to each acquainted audiences in addition to those that are unaware of her mark on British historical past.”

Ruth comes from Silverprint Photos (Shetland, Vera) a part of itv studios. Lee Haven Jones directs and Angie Daniell produces.

Lucy Boynton

Boynton most lately starred within the Agatha Christie adaptation Why Didn’t They Ask Evans?. Nonetheless, she is likely to be greatest identified for her function as Mary Austin in Bohemian Rhapsody. She’s additionally in The Ipcress File and the newly launched movie Chevalier.

We’ll hold you posted on Ruth.