No probs Neworder!
Erm...in actual fact you're right about the DVD regions! My bad on that one!

: Europe is now Region 2 as is Japan, Egypt and South Africa but still, coz of the format translations, the rest of Europe tend to get US released articles, DVDs etc a couple of week after the UK. This may have changed also in recent times but that's how the previous few launches worked.
Here a link to Amazon that shows the different DVD regions. Might be helpful for future reference
Amazon's DVD Region scheme
Amazon's DVD Region scheme