A Cruel Love: The Ruth Ellis Story, a four-part drama series starring Lucy Boynton (Bohemian Rhapsody, Murder on the Orient Express, The Politician) that tells the story of the last woman to be hanged in Britain from her point of view, premiered in the U.S. on streaming service BritBox this week and will hit U.K. streamer Itvx in March.

Produced by ITV Studios’ Silverprint Pictures and based on Carol Ann Lee’s biography A Fine Day for Hanging: The Real Ruth Ellis Story, the show also features Toby Jones as Ellis’ lawyer, Laurie Davidson as the lover shot and killed by Ellis, Mark Stanley, Joe Armstrong, Arthur Darvill, Juliet Stevenson, Toby Stephens, Amanda Drew and Bessie Carter. The script was written by Kelly Jones, with Angie Daniell producing the series and Lee Haven Jones directing all four episodes.

Silverprint creative director Kate Bartlett and development director Antonia Gordon...