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Top Gear: The Challenges (BBC) [DVD]

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  • Actors: Jeremy Clarkson, James May, Richmond Hammond
  • Directors: Brian Klein
  • Format: PAL
  • Language English
  • Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: Exempt
  • Studio: 2 Entertain Video
  • DVD Release Date: 21 May 2007
  • Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (29 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B000O78AQU
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 2,620 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)

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Seven fantastic challenges that test the mettle of the Top Gear team.

The Top Gear boys - Jezzer, Hamster and Captain Slow - can do brake-horsepowers, torques and 0-60s until the pumps run dry. But when they take on a challenge, the action gets competitive, hilarious, dangerous and, at times, downright humiliating.

Robin Reliant Space Shuttle:

Combining cutting edge amateur rocketry, British Grit, and truly intergalactic levels of messing about, Richard and James try to put a Reliant Robin into space.

Building Amphibious Cars:

Can the lads create a vehicle equally at home on land and water? Will they even make it across the reservoir without drowning or catching hypothermia?

Building a Limo:

The boys are up against it, making their own stretch limos from everyday cars. But the challenge has only just begun. There are some high-profile celebs who need a lift to the Brit Awards...

Building a Convertible:

Attempting to turn a Renault Espace into a fashionable 'drop top', the team prove that trying to make your own convertible is a bit like trying to cut your own hair... you can do it, but you probably shouldn't...

Parkour vs Peugeot 207:

They may wear silly trousers but these parkour (the barmy sport of leaping across rooftops across the city) lads are serious competition for Captain Slow's Peugeot 207 in a race through Liverpool.

Veyron Race from Alba:

It's Top Gear's most dramatic race yet. Jeremy's in the Bugatti Veyron - the fastest, most lavish supercar ever - while Richard and James are in a flying washing machine - with Captain Slow at the controls!

Crap 70s Supercars:

They were once state-of-the-art Italian supercars - the Maserati Merak, the Ferrari Dino 308GT4 and the Lamborghini Uracco. Now, all the lads need to do is try to drive them from Bristol to a "gentleman's" club in Slough.

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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Very entertaining, 16 Dec 2007
By Antonio Moncayo (Zaragoza) - See all my reviews
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I sometimes get bored with some of the car reviews in top gear as I will never buy an expensive car , however the challenges are always the very best of the show and it was great to put the best 7 in a DVD .

The idea is simple ,3 men and a very stupid idea and some cars.

The only problem with DVD is the index and can be a bit frustrating to find what you are looking for. I also miss the USA tour of the southern states with offensive logos( perhaps the team were thinking of the American market ).

However this is a prefect DVD for 3 hours of fun with some friends and some beers in front of the TV.
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19 of 20 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars Great content - let down by the 'editing', 11 Jun 2007
By Philip M. Sleat - See all my reviews
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Like Barnard Clam reviewing before me I believe this DVD is seriously let down by the DVD scene selection format.

I received the DVD today and settled down with my eldest son to watch the great Veyron vs Cesna challenge - a good 20 minnute diversion I thought. This excellent challenge was interrupted halfway through to start the 70s supercar challenge. I was then very dissappointed with the scene selection and couldn't find out where the Bugati race re-started.

Looks like I'm going to have to find 160mins somewhen at the weekend to watch the whole thing back to back.

Top Gear is fantastic. I've probably had my funniest televisual moments over the last year watching the boys restle caravans, stretch limos and of course space-rocket-reliants. However, I probably shall only watch this DVD once and then it'll get passed on through the family as opposed to being watched over and over again.
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27 of 29 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars Great content, pity about the presentation., 21 Jun 2007
By Ian Bassett (Kent, UK) - See all my reviews
Content: excellent - five stars. Admittedly it is only as seen on the television - there are no extras of any kind, which is a shame, but the challenges are presented as seen on television in their insane glory.

Presentation: atrocious - can I actually give a negative rating to this? The challenges, rather than being presented in order, are intercut, with no immediately obvious pattern. The breaks between the sections also fail to line up with the chapter starts, which appear to have been selected largely at random. As such, locating the start of a particular segment almost invariably involves fast-forwarding or rewinding as required, which is somewhat irritating. There's also no facility to simply play an individual challenge - an obvious feature that would surely not have been difficult to implement.

In summary, if you wish to sit down and watch three hours of car-based lunacy, this is a great disc. If you only have half an hour and have the desire to watch an individual challenge, you'll find it really quite annoying. The quality of the content is offset quite seriously by some extremely bizarre choices with the presentation, which actually feels like it's been made intentionally awkward.
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5.0 out of 5 stars What kind of paint thinner were the BBC smelling when they thought of this?
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Published 3 months ago by J. Dale

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3.0 out of 5 stars Great content, pitiful DVD compilation
Yep, same problem here - the challenges are 'interleaved' such that one challenge is interrupted halfway through by the start of the next challenge, which is in turn interrupted... Read more
Published 19 months ago by Dave

2.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant content but appallingly put together
I'm female and I love Top Gear, so I bought this DVD in the face of much elitist snobbery, PC-outrage and male chauvinism, but alas, I can't defend my purchase. Read more
Published 20 months ago by C. Stewart

4.0 out of 5 stars Some of the best bits but very bitty
I received this DVD as a free gift with a Top Gear magazine subscription. I wasn't really expecting it so it was a nice surprise, and these are the bits of Top Gear I like the... Read more
Published 21 months ago by KH

5.0 out of 5 stars The Best of the Boys So Far!
This DVD is the best so far, all the funny challenges are here. The only thing is the editing, why have they split the challenges in half. Read more
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