Since 2002, DVDs and Blu-ray Discs of the British TV series Top Gear have been released, containing full episodes, compilations, or specially filmed material.
Many episodes are not presented as the original broadcast, and are included as either abridged 50 minute versions or "Director's Cuts" with unbroadcast deleted scenes reinstated. Changes to the soundtrack are also common when the original music is not licensed for home video. Outside of the US and UK DVD releases, a heavily-edited version of series 9 was released in Germany in 2012, and Series 6 onwards have been released for digital purchase in near-uncut versions with the exception of a few episodes.
Series 2-3, 6, 10-22 & 25-27 were released in Japan on DVD for a very brief period of time by Assist-Corp in 2019, but due to poor reliability in DVD players, the BBC would revoke their licence to produce DVDs featuring their intellectual property.
Releases Title UK Date AU Date USA Date NotesComplete SeriesSeries 10 Also includes the Botswana Special. American release titled The Complete Season 10.Series 11 American release titled The Complete Season 11.The Complete Season 12 Also includes the Vietnam Special. Bonus: audio commentaries from The Great Adventures 2.Series 13 Bonus (USA only): extras originally included on The Challenges 5 and The Great Adventures 2. American release titled The Complete Season 13.Series 14 Bonus (American release): Bolivia Special, Polar Special, Celebrity Laps and Featurettes. The American release is titled The Complete Season 14.Series 15 Bonus (American release): Featurettes (Bentley Continental Supersports: The Stig's Lap, James Cooks Volcano Lunch, James Checks Tire Pressure on Hilux, Porsche 911 Sports Classic: The Stig's Lap, Presenters End of Series Chat), Celebrity Laps, James May's Journey, Outtakes.
The American release is titled The Complete Season 15.Series 16 Bonus (American release): Middle East Special, USA Road Trip, Pre-Series Chat, Behind the Scenes – Top Gear Production Office and Studio, Bishop Celebrity Lap, Nick Frost and Simon Pegg Laps, John Prescott – Jezza vs. Prezza, Clarkson and Hammond Joking About James' Death, End of Series 16 Chat. The American release is titled The Complete Season 16.Series 17 Bonus (American release): Top Gear USA: Season 1 Episode 6, Behind the Scenes Chats, James Tests the Nissan GT-R Launch Control, New Series Intro and End of Series Chat with Clarkson & May, Celebrity Lap Extended Scenes. The American release is titled The Complete Season 17.The Complete Season 18 Also includes India Special.Series 19 and 20Top Gear – Series 19 and Series 20 Boxset [DVD]: Amazon.co.uk: Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond, James May, The Stig, Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond, Andy Wilman: DVD & ... Includes Africa Special (parts one and two).The Complete Season 19 Includes Africa Special (parts one and two).The Complete Season 20 The Complete Season 21 Also includes Burma Special (parts one and two).The Complete Season 22 Also includes Patagonia Special (parts one and two).Series 23 Also includes Extra Gear: Series One. American release titled The Complete Season 23.Season 24 Season 25 SpecialsWinter Olympics Special Bonus: Out-takes, additional footage of the Stig's training regimen.The Great Adventures A boxed release of the Polar Special (72 minute "Director's Cut"), and the US Special (abridged 50 minute version). Australian release re-titled "Top Gear Double Pack: Polar Special/US Special".The Great Adventures: US Special Abridged 50 minute version.The Polar Special: The Director's Cut 72 minute "Director's Cut"The Great Adventures 2 Botswana Special (66 minute "Director's Cut") and Vietnam Special. Bonus: audio commentary on both specials with producer Andy Wilman and crew, deleted scenes, and photo galleries.
Australian release re-titled 'Top Gear Double Pack: Vietnam Special/Botswana Special'.The Great Adventures: Vietnam Special Bonus: audio commentary with producer Andy Wilman and crew, deleted scenes, and photo gallery.The Great Adventures: Botswana Special Bonus: audio commentary with producer Andy Wilman and crew, deleted scenes, and photo gallery.The Great Adventures 3 Bolivia Special (86 minute "Director's Cut"), Romania (44 minute "Director's Cut") and Bonneville (41 minute "Director's cut"). Bonus: commentary on Bolivia Special with James May, Producer Andy Wilman and crew, and photo galleries. Australian release re-titled 3 Great Adventures.The Great Adventures 4 Middle East Special (84 minute "Director's Cut"), Series 16 USA Road Trip (52 minute "Director's Cut"), and the Albanian Challenge (33 minute "Director's Cut"). Bonus: Deleted Scenes, commentary from James May and crew on the Middle East Special (TV Version).The Great Adventures 5 India Special and Supercars Across Italy challenge. Bonus: audio commentary from James May and crew on the India Special, Extra Stig laps, Additional high speed run footage, Deleted Scenes on 'Supercars Across Italy'.50 Years of Bond Cars The Great African Adventure Top Gear: The Great African Adventure [DVD]: Amazon.co.uk: Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond, James May, Nigel Simpkiss, Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond, Andy Wilman, Alex... Africa Special (parts one and two). Bonus: deleted scenes.The Burma Special 'Extended Edition' of Parts One and Two with "35 minutes of unseen footage".The Patagonia Special Omnibus of both parts. Also includes Australian Road Trip (55 minute "Director's Cut").CompilationsBack in the Fast Lane: The Best of Series One & Two 95 minute compilation of highlights from Series One and Two. The features are heavily truncated from their original versions.
A preview disc, "Back in the Fast Lane – Highlights from Series One & Two", was given away with Top Gear Magazine the previous month.Revved Up: Thrashing, Crashing and Trashing 105 minute compilation of highlights from Series Three, Four and Five, plus unaired footage. A preview disc, "The Best of Revved Up", was given away with Top Gear Magazine the previous monthThe Challenges Later releases were re-authored with "menus that aren't totally incomprehensible" and the option to play challenges individually.'Top Gear: The Challenges 1 and 2 Collection'. Back of slipcase. BBC Worldwide. 2008
A preview disc, "Best of the Challenges", was given away with Top Gear Magazine the previous month.The Challenges 2 Later releases were re-authored with "menus that aren't incomprehensible" and the option to play challenges individually. Bonus: out-takes, multi-angle driving sequences, extended 'Star In A reasonably Priced Car' laps/interviews with Lewis Hamilton and Simon Cowell. Amazon-exclusive limited edition release came packaged in a cardboard sleeve, with a free "I Am the Stig" XL T-shirt.The Challenges 3 Bonus: "The Cool Wall Uncut", "Extended 'Star In A Reasonably Priced Car' interview/lap with Boris Johnson", "Extended Top Gear Awards", "Spitfire Magic" and "Rides With The Stig".The Challenges 4 The Challenges 5 Bonus: Extended interview with Lewis Hamilton, Deleted Scenes and Outtakes.The Challenges 6 Bonus: Stig’s Cousins’ Laps, Unseen Interview Clips of Sebastian Vettel, Jonathan Ross, Ryan Reynolds, Ross Noble and Alice Cooper, Interceptors’ Titles Sequence, Amy Williams’ Helmet Cam Footage, Desert & Ice Montage, Deleted ScenesBest of British Greatest Hits Best of the Specials Was reissued in Australia on 8 April 2020, following change of BBC distributor.Winter Blunderland Planes, Trains & Automobiles Motors, Mischief & Mayhem Was later given away with Tesco copies of the November 2021 issue of Top Gear Magazine.Cars, Crashes and Chaos Direct To VideoRichard Hammond's Uncovered: The DVD Special Richard Hammond advises the viewer on how to create and present their own episode of Top Gear, using household objects and relatives' cars.Apocalypse Richard Hammond and James May investigate post-apocalyptic motoring by attempting a number of challenges to discover how those in a post apocalyptic world would cope.At the Movies Richard Hammond and James May search for the best movie scenes connected with cars and re-enact them in their own special way.The Worst Car in the History of the World Jeremy Clarkson and James May travel to the North of England to name and shame some of the worst cars in history, from manufacturers who "should have known better".The Perfect Road TripTop Gear – The Perfect Road Trip [DVD]: Amazon.co.uk: Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond, Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond: DVD & Blu-ray Jeremy Clarkson and Richard Hammond select the best mode of transport for each part of a journey from Venice in Italy to Pau in France.The Perfect Road Trip 2 Jeremy Clarkson and Richard Hammond have "another crack" at experiencing the Perfect Road Trip in a range of cars on roads amongst the scenery and sunshine of the Mediterranean.OtherRichard Hammond's Interactive Challenge Interactive DVD, featuring challenges, quizzes and other games from the world of Top Gear.Richard Hammond's Stunt Challenge Interactive DVD: further challenges, quizzes and competitionsAmbitious But RubbishTop Gear – Ambitious But Rubbish (DVD, 2015) for sale online | eBay Contains all eight episodes of the BBC America seriesFrom A – Z: The Ultimate Extended Edition 143 minute "Extended Edition"
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