earlier, we spoke to the director and co—writer of the documentary, bernard macmahon, and alison mcgourtyell... so when that moment came, we would be ready. and gospel music, which is where all led so our first meeting was with... so we flew in from la and that was a seven hour meeting. it was like a test and it was like the hardest interview you've ever done. you say a test. tell me about those. yes, yes. and i said, obs tweedle. so we passed that one. because you approached them one by one, didn't you? yes, yes. so we sent, as i said, this bbc arena american minutes, if you're not interested, you'll never hear from us again." about the carter family, and he'd made a pilgrimage to the very place we'd filmed a few— years earlier and met the carter family. and so he said, this is what i saw. so i'll meet with you. american epic, wasn't he? they were absolutely fantastic and illuminating. well, the thing that was interesting about led zeppelin was that when they agreed to do the film, which is unique, i think, with something of this magnitude, they gave us complete artistic and people they'

tell me more about the music, alison mcgourty.usical, - it| that. yes, it is like a i musical, - it is musical, actually, it is designed to be seen multiple :-=: 7 like going to the 7 �*show, >ing to the 7 �*show, for to the 7 �* show, for example, 7 �*show, for example, a horror show, for example, a sort of concert a sort of concert experience, a hybrid doc you concert film, some people have called it. we also used the to drive also used the music to drive the forward, to propel it the story forward, to propel it because we don't a forward because we don't have a narrator, it isjust forward because we don't have a narrator, it is just told in the living members �*the the living members of the band's voices, plusjohn bonham tate, so used the to tate, so we used the songs to take the view on the journey with us. take the view on the “ourney with us. j, j, , , with us. for example, when they lo to with us. for example, when they go to new _ wit