The Ruth Ellis Story has inspired a recurring complaint on social media after premiering on Wednesday, 5 March. Featuring Bohemian Rhapsody actress Lucy Boynton as the last woman to be hanged in Britain — Ellis fatally shot her lover David Blakely in 1955 — this four-part ITV dramatisation also stars Toby Jones

Lucy Boynton portrays Ruth Ellis, the last woman to be executed in the UK, in an unmissable ITV true crime series.

Ruth Ellis turned up at a pub in Hampstead and shot her lover, David Blakely, dead. Two months later, she was hanged for his murder – becoming the last woman to be executed in the UK. Now, her story is finally being told for the first time.

ITV drama A Cruel Love tells the story of Ruth Ellis, the last woman to be hanged in England, who was also a mother to a young daughter and son Andy, who was 10 years old when she died

Lucy Boynton discusses her intense and heartbreaking portrayal of Ruth Ellis, the last woman executed in Great Britain in 1955.

The Ruth Ellis Story begins on ITV1 tonight and tells the story of the last woman to be hanged in England, but her son's life was just as tragic as hers

Ruth Ellis, portrayed by Lucy Boynton, was the last woman to be hanged in Britain after being found guilty of the murder of her lover David Blakely, played by Jack O'Connell

The Ruth Ellis Story revisits the famous crime, trial and hanging, fleshing out Ellis’s tragic past in the process

Executive producers Kate Bartlett and Antonia Gordon of Silverprint Pictures took on the tale of an "obsessive relationship" that was "toxic and abusive," meaning "it was important to tell the full story.