Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play There have always been spies men & women who have pried for patriotism for religion for love or for money This intriguing drama is based on the true story of the Portland spy ring an unlikely Soviet operation active in southern England from the late 1950s until January 1961 when the core members were arrested Directed by TV drama veteran Robert Tronson Ring of Spies stars Bernard Lee (best known as Ian Fleming s M ) William Sylvester Thorley Walters & BAFTA winners Margaret Tyzack & David Kossoff It is presented here in a br&-new digital transfer An antiquarian bookseller & his wife; a disgruntled hard-drinking naval clerk & the lonely secretary he recruits; a polished Soviet agent who assumes the identity of a dead Canadian citizen the players in a familiar Cold War story of hidden cameras dead-letter drops & a long-range radio calling Moscow Central A duel between Soviet intelligence & British counter-espionage & a trade in deadly secrets directed from a bungalow in suburban Ruislip hidden for years from unsuspecting neighbours & British spycatchers SPECIAL FEATURESImage Gallery Promotional material PDF