- Actors: Tiff Needell, Jeremy Clarkson, Quentin Willson, Chris Goffey, William Woollard
- Producers: Jeffrey Willerth
- Language English
- Classification: Exempt
- Studio: BBC
- VHS Release Date: 5 Sep 1994
- Run Time: 30 minutes
- Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (22 customer reviews)
- ASIN: B00004CP7D
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 9,725 in Video (See Top 100 in Video)
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
As an avid Top Gear fan, my husband was pretty devastated when the sky box deleted all the top gear specials. For his birthday I bought them all for him. No complaints about the quality of the service, or the condition of the items etc. This feedback is aimed at whoever edited this particular show.
1. The music is naff (no highlights, no country, no pace, just a dull background noise that adds nothing to the antics)
2. It is only 52 minutes long, meaning that massive chunks are missing (for example, when they buy their gifts for their cars/selves - the air-conditioning unit, the clothes rack & the BBQ - no mention of them at all. They just seem to arrive in one shot, and are gone in another)
3. The show has been cut/edited in such a way that it just is not funny, and actually is pretty illogical.
Whoever did the editing ought to be ashamed of themselves, ruining a fantastic show! This DVD is a massive disappointment!
Save your cash and record it off Dave!
1. The music is naff (no highlights, no country, no pace, just a dull background noise that adds nothing to the antics)
2. It is only 52 minutes long, meaning that massive chunks are missing (for example, when they buy their gifts for their cars/selves - the air-conditioning unit, the clothes rack & the BBQ - no mention of them at all. They just seem to arrive in one shot, and are gone in another)
3. The show has been cut/edited in such a way that it just is not funny, and actually is pretty illogical.
Whoever did the editing ought to be ashamed of themselves, ruining a fantastic show! This DVD is a massive disappointment!
Save your cash and record it off Dave!
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
Being a UK ex-pat in NZ, I was miffed to find that the Top Gear Great Adventures set in NZ cost NZ$130 (about £50+). I could not find a major difference in content so I got it through Amazon...delivery in just over a week and also compatible in NZ DVD players as well as UK, I was certainly impressed! But without doubt the most impressive aspect was the content itself. Jezza, Hamster and Captain Slow were just brilliant and everyone in the family (including the young kids) enjoyed all the episodes. Watching the TG team get chased out of Alabama was classic, as was James May practicing his death face expression if he fell through the Arctic ice! Eventhough I thought the special features could be greatly improved, I feel I got great value for money and will be after the TG Bolivia special when I next get the opportunity to acquire it!
5 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
anyone who loves top gear must have this,from driving across america in 3 cheap cars to tearing through vietnam on scooters (which jeremy hates)
so first up....
the u.s. special
can you buy a car and drive across america instead of renting one?
well in this one the boys try to find out.
jeremy buys a camero, james buys a caddy and richard buys a pick-up each costing no more than 1500 bucks (you can imagine the kind of wrecks they have)
they then have to drive across 4 states!
along the way they have to deal with...
driving into a water way full of alligators
extreme humidity (with no air-con)
angry locals
and having to eat road kill!
this is a seriously funny episode.
next is the polar special
which sees jezza and james trying to beat richard in a race to the north pole!
jezza and james are in a heavily modded toyota hi-lux and richard is joined by a top husky racer and her husky team.
along they way they have to deal with
polar bears
putting up a tent
extreme weather
extreme terrain (which nearly wrecks the toyota)
abandoned buildings
crashed planes
and erm.....doing number two's outdoors!
again this is very enteraining and very very funny
botswana special
the boys this time are given a 1000 pounds and have to buy a car while in botswana then drive from the one side of africa to the Namibian border..1000 miles!
the only condition is the cars must not by 4 wheel drive.
along the way they must deal with
the okavango delta (a dried up river)
the possibility of breaking down and dying!
running out of fuel
having to strip their cars down to super light versions
wildlife (lions, elephants, honey badgers? etc)
the constant threat that should their cars die they would have to complete the journey in a beetle!
and of course richard might damage oliver!
once more this is great stuff, entertaining and a great laugh
vietnam special
jezza and crew this time have to drive across vietnam south to north in eight days something the american army couldnt do.
they are given 15 million dong (about 1500 quid) to buy a mode of transport, they cant buy cars as they are to expensive so they buy...scooters! which jeremy hates
they have to deal with
extreme weather (again)
buying new outfits
buying each other gifts (such as richard being bought a model galleon)
passing a Vietnamese bike examination test
should any of the scooters break down they will have to ride a scooter done out in american patriotic colours, whilst the radio plays 'born in the usa' by bruce springsteen
like the first 3 this is just as funny.
all in all this is hugely entertaining and laugh out loud funny.
they boys are a great laugh, the adventures are excellent the countries they visit are beautiful.
great stuff
so first up....
the u.s. special
can you buy a car and drive across america instead of renting one?
well in this one the boys try to find out.
jeremy buys a camero, james buys a caddy and richard buys a pick-up each costing no more than 1500 bucks (you can imagine the kind of wrecks they have)
they then have to drive across 4 states!
along the way they have to deal with...
driving into a water way full of alligators
extreme humidity (with no air-con)
angry locals
and having to eat road kill!
this is a seriously funny episode.
next is the polar special
which sees jezza and james trying to beat richard in a race to the north pole!
jezza and james are in a heavily modded toyota hi-lux and richard is joined by a top husky racer and her husky team.
along they way they have to deal with
polar bears
putting up a tent
extreme weather
extreme terrain (which nearly wrecks the toyota)
abandoned buildings
crashed planes
and erm.....doing number two's outdoors!
again this is very enteraining and very very funny
botswana special
the boys this time are given a 1000 pounds and have to buy a car while in botswana then drive from the one side of africa to the Namibian border..1000 miles!
the only condition is the cars must not by 4 wheel drive.
along the way they must deal with
the okavango delta (a dried up river)
the possibility of breaking down and dying!
running out of fuel
having to strip their cars down to super light versions
wildlife (lions, elephants, honey badgers? etc)
the constant threat that should their cars die they would have to complete the journey in a beetle!
and of course richard might damage oliver!
once more this is great stuff, entertaining and a great laugh
vietnam special
jezza and crew this time have to drive across vietnam south to north in eight days something the american army couldnt do.
they are given 15 million dong (about 1500 quid) to buy a mode of transport, they cant buy cars as they are to expensive so they buy...scooters! which jeremy hates
they have to deal with
extreme weather (again)
buying new outfits
buying each other gifts (such as richard being bought a model galleon)
passing a Vietnamese bike examination test
should any of the scooters break down they will have to ride a scooter done out in american patriotic colours, whilst the radio plays 'born in the usa' by bruce springsteen
like the first 3 this is just as funny.
all in all this is hugely entertaining and laugh out loud funny.
they boys are a great laugh, the adventures are excellent the countries they visit are beautiful.
great stuff
Most Recent Customer Reviews
Be careful
I'm sure this set of DVD's would be just great -- in the UK. However, I can't play them in the US. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Cancel
Top Gear Great Adventures - great viewing
As an avid viewer of Top Gear I could not resist buying this boxed set. I had already seen these adventures on the television but thought them worthy of buying as a boxed set. Read more
Published 4 months ago by Diana Horton
Top Gear Great Adventures
This is a brilliant dvd. Even if you're not a Top Gear fan-travesty, but they are hilarious. The boys get thrmselves into all kinds of situations.
Published 9 months ago by Reehana Taj
top gear adventures
Two of the best adventures by far.
The Polar express race keeps you on top of the expidition and Botswana is proberly one of the funniest travels.How did there cars servive.!!
The Polar express race keeps you on top of the expidition and Botswana is proberly one of the funniest travels.How did there cars servive.!!
Published 13 months ago by chrisb
Best Laugh
Bought this as both myself and partner enjoy watching top gear!!! What a laugh this DVD is, i could watch this over and over agian!
Published 17 months ago by Miss V. A. Wakeford
This is pure gold!
First of all, I never expect anything less from Top Gear and these DVD's are incredibly funny and entertaining! Read more
Published 18 months ago by B.W
More adventures
Excellent.>The expanded versions of the adventures make them all the more delightful to watch.>A must for any Top Gear fan...
Published 19 months ago by Carbuff
Top Gear DVD
Purchased as a birthday present for our son which he was very pleased with and has given him hours of viewing.
Published 21 months ago by G. Knott
Brilliant
Really worth the price, Especially the Botswana trip. Purchased and received in 3 days, can't ask for better service.
Published 23 months ago by Donovan Macintosh
more extra's
I honestly expected more extra's on the dvd's ('making of', commentaries bij Jezza, Hamster & cpt Slow... Read more
Published 23 months ago by Tony
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