BBC Documentaries

Ruth Ellis: a Life for a Life (1999x32)

Uitzenddatum: Nov 28, 1999

Nightclub hostess Ruth Ellis infamously shot her lover i David Blakely dead in April 1955. This one-off drama-documentary, presented by Kirsty Wark and containing interviews, archive footage and a violent opening scene, reveals evidence that could have prevented her from becoming the last British woman to be hanged.