TNG Season 4 UK VHS

Real world article

(written from a production point of view)

Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 4 was released on VHS in the UK in two different formats: a two-episode-per-tape release by CIC Video in 1992, and a three-episode-per-tape release by Paramount Home Entertainment in 2001. The original release was deleted on 1 January 1998.

Releases

Dates in italics are approximations based on release frequency, where no exact date is available. UK products are normally released on a Monday.

Rental release

A four-episode-per-tape release took place in the 1990s, exclusive to Blockbuster Video. This release did not take account of season divisions, and so the volume containing the last episodes of a season would sometimes also include the first episodes of the next.

Volume Number	Catalogue Number	Episodes	Certificate	Release Date
19	Unknown	"The Best of Both Worlds, Part II" "Family"^[1]	PG	Unknown
20	Unknown	"Brothers" "Suddenly Human" "Remember Me" "Legacy"	PG	Unknown
21	Unknown	"Reunion" "Future Imperfect" "Final Mission" "The Loss"	PG	Unknown
22	Unknown	"Data's Day" "The Wounded" "Devil's Due" "Clues"	PG	Unknown
23	Unknown	"First Contact" "Galaxy's Child" "Night Terrors" "Identity Crisis"	PG	Unknown
24	Unknown	"The Nth Degree" "Qpid" "The Drumhead" "Half a Life"	PG	Unknown
25	Unknown	"The Host" "The Mind's Eye" "In Theory" "Redemption"	PG	Unknown

CIC Video

New Stars. New Stories. New Worlds to Explore.

Sleeve changes

The character portraits have changed to reflect cast changes:

Guinan now joins the portrait, and Wesley Crusher wears the commisioned uniform he received in "Ménage à Troi".

Volume Number	Catalogue Number	Episodes	Certificate	Release Date
38	VHR 2571	"The Best of Both Worlds, Part II" "Family"	PG	17 February 1992
39	VHR 2572	"Brothers" "Suddenly Human"	PG	17 February 1992
40	VHR 2573	"Remember Me" "Legacy"	U	9 March 1992
41	VHR 2577	"Reunion" "Future Imperfect"	PG	9 March 1992
42	VHR 2578	"Final Mission" "The Loss"	PG	9 March 1992
43^[2]	VHR 2579	"Data's Day" "The Wounded"	U	6 April 1992
44	VHR 2580	"Devil's Due" "Clues"	PG	6 April 1992
45	VHR 2581	"First Contact" "Galaxy's Child"	PG	6 April 1992
46	VHR 2582	"Night Terrors" "Identity Crisis"	PG	11 May 1992
47	VHR 2583	"The Nth Degree" "Qpid"	U	11 May 1992
48	VHR 2584	"The Drumhead" "Half a Life"	PG	11 May 1992
49	VHR 2585	"The Host" "The Mind's Eye"	PG	8 June 1992
50	VHR 2586	"In Theory" "Redemption"	PG	8 June 1992

Paramount Home Entertainment

Make It So

Volume Number	Catalogue Number	Episodes	Certificate	Release Date
4.1	VHR 4752	"The Best of Both Worlds, Part II" "Family" "Brothers"	PG	19 March 2001
4.2	VHR 4753	"Suddenly Human" "Remember Me" "Legacy"	PG	7 May 2001
4.3	VHR 4754	"Reunion" "Future Imperfect" "Final Mission"	PG	4 June 2001
4.4	VHR 4755	"The Loss" "Data's Day" "The Wounded"	U	2 July 2001
4.5	VHR 4756	"Devil's Due" "Clues" "First Contact"	PG	16 July 2001
4.6	VHR 4757	"Galaxy's Child" "Night Terrors" "Identity Crisis"	PG	6 August 2001
4.7^[3]	VHR 4758	"The Nth Degree" "Qpid" "The Drumhead"^[4] "Half a Life"	PG	3 September 2001
4.8^[3]	VHR 4759	"The Host" "The Mind's Eye" "In Theory" "Redemption"	PG	1 October 2001
	Italy release	season 2 to season 7 was released with this cover artworks in Italy (season 1 was different)

Other releases featuring TNG Season 4 episodes

Volume/Set	Catalogue Number	Episodes	Certificate^[5]	Release Date
Star Trek: The Next Generation - Borg Box	VHR 2989	"The Best of Both Worlds, Part II"	PG	5 December 1994
Star Trek: The Next Generation - Q Continuum	VHR 2990	"Qpid"	PG	5 December 1994
Star Trek: The Next Generation - The Full Length TV Movies Volume 2	VHR 4102	"The Best of Both Worlds, Part II" ^[6]	PG	16 January 1995
Star Trek: The Next Generation - The Full Length TV Movies Volume 3	VHR 4103	"Redemption" ^[7]	PG	6 February 1995
Star Trek: The Next Generation - Data Box	VHR 4222	"Brothers" "Data's Day" "In Theory"	PG	6 November 1995
Best of Both Worlds special release^[8]	VHR 4433	"The Best of Both Worlds, Part II"^[6]	PG	9 December 1996
Star Trek: The Next Generation - 10th Anniversary Collector's Edition	VHR 4553	"Brothers" "Remember Me" "The Mind's Eye"	PG	29 September 1997
Star Trek - Greatest Battles	VHR 4732	"The Wounded"	12	16 November 1998

Footnotes

↑ Also includes "Transfigurations" and "The Best of Both Worlds" from TNG Season 3.
↑ From this volume on, Wesley Crusher is removed from the character portrait.
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 Four episode tape. (This was usually done to keep the number of episodes per tape above three towards the end of a season.)
↑ The video sleeve gives the title of this episode as "The Drum Head".
↑ In the case of sets, the certificate is over the set as a whole (unless stated otherwise).
↑ ^6.0 ^6.1 In feature-length form with "The Best of Both Worlds".
↑ In feature-length form with "Redemption II".
↑ One of three feature-length videos (along with "The Way of the Warrior" and "Caretaker") released to tie in with the premiere of Star Trek: First Contact.

Previous UK VHS release:
TNG Season 3 UK VHS

Star Trek: The Next Generation UK VHS
TNG Season 4

Next UK VHS release:
TNG Season 5 UK VHS

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[1] Also includes "Transfigurations" and "The Best of Both Worlds" from TNG Season 3.

[2] From this volume on, Wesley Crusher is removed from the character portrait.

[4ep-3] 3.0 ^3.1 Four episode tape. (This was usually done to keep the number of episodes per tape above three towards the end of a season.)

[4] The video sleeve gives the title of this episode as "The Drum Head".

[5] In the case of sets, the certificate is over the set as a whole (unless stated otherwise).

[bobw-6] 6.0 ^6.1 In feature-length form with "The Best of Both Worlds".

[7] In feature-length form with "Redemption II".

[8] One of three feature-length videos (along with "The Way of the Warrior" and "Caretaker") released to tie in with the premiere of Star Trek: First Contact.

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