In this series, we meet Ruth Ellis—a character whose life teeters on the precipice of ambition and societal scorn—and witness her last hours before facing the gallows. The narrative roots itself in actual events, drawing from Carol Anne Lee’s biography, and paints a picture of a woman who found herself ensnared by the machinations of a society quick to judge.

Her story unfolds with a sharp focus on the final act of her existence: a trial so swift it seems almost rehearsed, and an execution that echoes through history.

The setting is 1950s London, a city still reeling from the shocks of a global conflict, where every street corner whispers secrets of a time when harsh punishments were meted out without hesitation. The customs and laws of that era offered little refuge to those who dared to break from the expected mold (a fact that might raise...