(written from a Production point of view)
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| VHS release | |
| Series: | TOS, TNG, DS9, VOY |
| No. of episodes: | 13 (1 feature-length) |
| No. of tapes: | 4 |
| Run time: | 670 minutes (PAL) |
| Release date: | 13 November 1998 (UK) 1998 (Netherlands) 10 February 2000 (Germany) |
| Rating(s): |   
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| Reference: | VHR4732/ASIN B00004CX9W (UK) 2199946 (Netherlands) P402189/ASIN B00004S5OD (Germany) |
Star Trek – Greatest Battles was a VHS boxset – catalog number VHR 4732 – released by CIC Video in the UK on 16 November 1998. Comprised of four videos, indicated on the back of the individual slipcovers as Volumes One through Four, the set contained thirteen episodes, covering all four live-action series at the time. The set also contained the documentary Inside Star Trek - The Real Story on the first tape, as well as a trailer for Star Trek: Insurrection. The box featured a flashing red LED on one side of the exterior packaging.
The set is not to be confused with the similar US VHS boxset released in 1997 – although the two do contain some of the same episodes, but the US boxset omits the documentary and over half the episodes.
The set was over a year later released in Germany as well and dubbed in German, as usual for that country. The Netherlands also saw a release in the same year as the UK version, but with the original English soundtracks left intact and subtitled in Dutch as was usual for that country. A free "Greatest Battles" t-shirt came with the Dutch release as a premium bonus, taking up the space where the UK and German releases had a cardboard divider inserted. The German/Dutch hardboard box was slightly differently executed than the UK counterpart; it came as a smooth box that separated precisely at the middle, whereas the UK version had a removable cut-out top to acces the tapes within. In all cases the tapes came within their own individual cardboard slipcases. The UK box had its ratings logo on the back (identical to the front otherwise), bottom and side of the box; the customary Ulster ratings logo was lacking.
Contents[]
| Tape | Catalog number | Series | Episodes | Component videos | Rating |
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| 1 | 99946 (NL) P402189 (DE) |
Inside Star Trek - The Real Story | 
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| Star Trek: The Original Series | |||||
| 2 | 99946 (NL) P402189 (DE) |
Star Trek: The Next Generation | |||
| 3 | 99946 (NL) P402189 (DE) |
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine | | ||
| 4 | 99946 (NL) P402189 (DE) |
Star Trek: Voyager |  | ||