A Cruel Love: The Ruth Ellis Story - Production & Contact Info

A Cruel Love: The Ruth Ellis Story (2025– )
TV Mini-series | Crime, Drama, History

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A Cruel Love: The Ruth Ellis Story (2025– )

TV Mini-series | Crime, Drama, History

Follows the story of Ruth Ellis: her lifestyle as a young nightclub manageress, her violent relationship with the man she then killed in cold blood, her arrest, trial, and subsequent legal battle to get her release before she was hanged.

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Director

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Editors

David Fisher | Sara Jones

Production Designer

Stephen Campbell

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Updated Aug 19, 2024

Release date (First episode)

Feb 17, 2025 (United States)

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20 cast members

Name	Episodes	Known for
Toby Stephens Actor Actor See fewer	4	Die Another Day (2002)
Lucy Boynton Ruth Ellis Ruth Ellis See fewer	4	Sing Street (2016)
Toby Jones Actor Actor See fewer	4	Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011)
Juliet Stevenson Actress Actress See fewer	4	Truly Madly Deeply (1990)
Mark Stanley Actor Actor See fewer	4	Run (III) (2019)
Arthur Darvill Actor Actor See fewer	4	Doctor Who (2005)
Bessie Carter Carole Findlater Carole Findlater See fewer	4	Les Misérables (2012)
Joe Armstrong Actor Actor See fewer	4	Robin Hood (2006)
Amanda Drew Bertha Bertha See fewer	4	Wednesday (2022)
Laurie Davidson Actor Actor See fewer	4	Cats (2019)
Jack Staddon Actor Actor See fewer	4	The Boys in the Boat (2023)
Adam Lawrence DI Peter Gill DI Peter Gill See fewer	4	Peaky Blinders (2013)
Ed Sayer Anthony Findlater Anthony Findlater See fewer	4	The Crown (2016)
Darren Charman Foreman Foreman See fewer	4	The Duke (2020)
Tim Potter Albert Pierrepoint Albert Pierrepoint See fewer	2	Finding Neverland (2004)
Annie Miles Mrs. Winstanley Mrs. Winstanley See fewer	2	Backup (1995)
Pierre Bergman Reporter Reporter See fewer	2	Ted Lasso (2020)
Advait Kottary Jayveer Sethia Jayveer Sethia See fewer	2	Beecham House (2019)
Israr Azam Cooch Behar Cooch Behar See fewer	1	Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016)
Lawrence Aram Edward Cusins (uncredited) Edward Cusins (uncredited) See fewer	4	Gaida (2023)