Kelly Jones

Writer, Producer

Kelly Jones is a writer for television, radio and the stage. She is the writer and executive producer of ITV series A Cruel Love: The Ruth Ellis Story. Starring Lucy Boynton and Toby Jones, the series tells the true story of the last woman to be hanged in the UK. Kelly previously developed and wrote the four-part ITV crime drama The Long Call, based on the novel by Ann Cleeves. Other credits include acclaimed ITV drama Des starring David Tennant, and BBC One crime thriller Baptiste. Kelly has also written on The Spanish Princess, Call The Midwife, and Our Girl, and was previously a core writer on Casualty. Kelly recently wrote an episode for the second upcoming series of Hijack, and is currently working on series for Apple TV+ and Sky.

She holds a Masters degree in English from Oxford University, where she specialised in Dickens and film adaptation, and has studied screenwriting at the New York Film Academy.

Known For

  • The Musketeers
    The Musketeers3 seasons
  • Des
    Des3 episodes
  • Hijack
    Hijack2 seasons
  • Baptiste
    Baptiste2 seasons
  • The Long Call
    The Long Call1 season
  • A Cruel Love: The Ruth Ellis Story
    A Cruel Love: The Ruth Ellis Story4 episodes
  • Our Girl
    Our Girl4 seasons
  • Death in Paradise
    Death in Paradise15 seasons
  • The Spanish Princess
    The Spanish Princess2 seasons
  • Waterloo Road
    Waterloo Road17 seasons

Filmography

2025
A Cruel Love: The Ruth Ellis Story · as Executive Producer
2021
The Long Call · as Executive Producer

2017
The Good Karma Hospital · as Written By
2012
Call the Midwife · as Written By
1986
Casualty · as Written By
1985
EastEnders · as Written By