Some extracts from the Thames TV documentary ‘Ruth Ellis – The Last Woman to Hang’. An investigation into the case of Ruth Ellis, who became the last woman to hang in Britain after one of the most sensational murders of the 1950’s. She died on this day in 1955. In these extracts we hear from public executioner Albert Pierrepoint, the Judge Mr Justice Havers, and Christmas Humphreys, counsel for the Prosecution and her defence solicitor John Bickford. First shown: 28/06/1977 | Thames TV Archive