Beaming with joy, Nigel Havers proudly steps out with his wife ... said a spokesman for the 50-year-old actor, star of TV's The Charmer and the police surgeon drama Dangerfield.

In it, Nigel Havers plays Judge Cecil Havers, who presided over the case when it went to trial. And the fact that they share a surname is no coincidence: Nigel is Cecil’s real-life grandson.

Coronation Street actor Nigel Havers has an unexpected real life connection to his latest role in ITV's true crime drama, A Cruel Love which tells the story of Ruth Ellis. The four-part series is ...