EXCLUSIVE: Bohemian Rhapsody star Lucy Boynton is to headline an ITV series about the last woman to hang in the UK.
Boynton will play Ruth Ellis, a nightclub hostess who was hanged at the age of 28 after fatally shooting her abusive lover David Blakely.
Famous hangman Albert Pierrepoint carried out the death sentence at Holloway Prison in 1955. The four-part series is made by ITV Studios-backed Vera producer Silverprint Pictures.
It is written by Kelly Jones (The Long Call, Des) and based on Carol Ann Lee’s biography A Fine Day for Hanging: The Real Ruth Ellis Story.
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