The Thrill Of Love

The facts are not in dispute. On 11 April 1955, Ruth Ellis shot and murdered her lover, David Blakely, outside a Hampstead pub. Ellis was found guilty and became the last woman to be hanged in Britain. But why was she so keen to admit her guilt, and so loath to offer any defence, even to refuse to name – until it was too late – the person who gave her the loaded gun? Powerful, thought-provoking drama.