The 10 best British crimes that can be viewed now (April 2025)

This is not a spoiler to find that Ruth Alice (Lucy Boyton), the main character in the new four -time crime Brutal loveShe died by hanging on July 13, 1955. Ruth was a real woman who committed a very true crime: she shot her lover David Blackley (Laurie Davidson), for the Easter year of her death. But what made the hostess of the nightclub to carry out such a terrible act?

This is the question behind Brutal loveThe excellent “Britbox” drama, which studies the motivation of Ruth’s murder, the next trial that dominates the tabloid press and her death by shooting, which was the last time a woman was killed for her crimes in the United Kingdom.

This story was told earlier, especially in the 1985 movie Dance with a strangerBut never as absorbed and detailed as here. Like Ellis, Boyton is never better playing a woman who remained with several options in life. The show is convincingly calling the period when the scandal can ruin the reputation, and the crime of passion can seize the unchanging public.