I have no opinion on this issue of Peter Cook maybe being the interviewer in the Woody Allen video but…
- Someone named "Mike" wrote me and stated with seeming certainty that it was Russell Harty.
- Someone named "Geoff" wrote to say they'd bet their sister's life it's Peter Cook. For the sake of Geoff's sister, I certainly hope it is.
- And Stephen Saunders writes to say his best guess is Brian Trueman, who took over the show from Michael Parkinson, or maybe Clive James. Then he notes that the imdb page for the show Cinema for September the 9th 1971 lists Woody Allen as a guest and says the "presenter" (i.e., host) was Derek Granger.
Who's right? I dunno. We report, you decide.