The Ruth Ellis Files: A Very British Crime Story

2018    60mDocumentary, Crime,
7.1
In July 1955, Ruth was the last woman to be hanged in Britain for the murder of her lover David Blakely. It is a case that shocked the nation and has its place in ushering in the defence of diminished responsibility and the eventual abolishment of capital punishment. Gillian wants to find out why, in such a seemingly open-and-shut case, it still divides opinion on whether Ruth got the justice she deserved.
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1 Season
  • Series 1
    Series 13 Episodes
Cast of The Ruth Ellis Files: A Very British Crime Story
  • Gillian PachterSelf
  • Scooter CrickAndre
  • Emma Miranda MooreRuth Ellis
  • David EmmingsDesmond Cussen
  • Duncan CampbellSelf - Journalist and Crime Reporter
  • Marlene HarringtonSelf
  • Michael MansfieldSelf - Defence Barrister
  • Helena KennedySelf - Defence Barrister
  • Brian HookSelf
  • Mark StephensSelf - Solicitor
  • Richard WhittamSelf
  • Elizabeth Butler-SlossSelf
  • Simon DaveySelf - Detective
  • Victor MischonSelf
  • Andy RoseSelf - Ex-Metropolitan Police Homicide Detective
  • Frank MaudeSelf
  • David BickfordSelf - Nephew of John Bickford
  • Ken GermanSelf - Ex-Hampstead Policeman
  • Fleur JamesSelf - Daughter of Edward Cussen
  • Louise CherringtonSelf - Ex-Metropolitan Police Homicide Detective
  • Laurie ManifoldSelf - Retired Crime Reporter
  • Frank MortSelf - Social Historian
  • Monica WellerSelf - True Crime Author
  • Frank NewsomeSelf
  • Corinne MennSelf - Forensic Psychiatrist
  • Roderick BaileySelf - Second World War Historian
 
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