They were both sound technicians, the guys with the big furry microphones so they were involved in the interviews used in the series. When my Dad was around not a tv programme went by without out him critiquing the sound. Now he's in his 70's and half deaf ( though he won't admit it) all he...
My dad and my uncle both worked on this. There's no way ITV would commission and broadcast a series of 26 hour long history programmes at such expense and broadcast them in prime time nowadays.