This DVD Set is brilliant and it's great to have these TG DVDs in your collection if you need a bit of your TG Fix now and again. The only problems as other play.com users have said in these reviews are the fact that the BBC Have cut out certain scenes for contract reasons so you may watch this and think "where was the bit when he?". And also as other play.com users have said WHY NO EXTRAS! All i ask for is maybe a few outtakes or a quick behind the scenes, no wonder this is the most pirated TV Show in the world. I Would sugguest buying this DVD But just remember that not everything you saw on the tele might not be on the DVD. That why i'm giving it four stars.

If I could give half stars on this site, then this would be a 4 and a half. It really is an entertaining boxset that Top Gear fans would enjoy. Just a slight warning, this is mentioned in other reviews, the US special has some parts edited out. This did really irratate me. The part that was edited is quite a funny part, I don't really see why it should of been edited. The show is still great, but being a Top Gear fan, I'am annoyed that it isn't the same as when I first saw it. But this is made up for on the Polar Special, which is the highlight of the boxset. When first aired, I did prefer the US special. But this directors cut really ups the entertainment. There is about 10 minutes or so added, and it is a great 10 minutes. It shows more of how isolated the Pole is and more bickering between Clarkson and May. It is defiant buy for fans, just that slight error on the US special lets it down.

I agree with you all about the editing etc, thing is the BBc doesnt really exist anymore apart from being a brand, my other half works there - for the moment and if you knew how badly its been dismatled you'd be shocked - especially as its been sold and the public havent been told or seen the profits.... This makes a huge difference to titles like this, and in the end will finish the last bits of quality programming that the BBC do. They are trying to sell off wood lane at the moment so when TV centre goes.....