TV doctor Michael Mosley hailed as ‘one of greatest broadcasters’ – latest update

In a conversation at the Hay Festival with psychologist Professor Paul Bloom, Michael Mosley told the audience: “I have been obsessed with the question of how to live a good life for a long time.

“I come from a long line of missionaries on my mother’s side and a long line of bankers on my father’s side so I’m kindof torn in directions and to some extent, that has dictated the course of my life.”

The event focused on the Canadian professor’s five tips for living a good life, with Dr Mosley sharing his own insight and experiences from his career in a witty and light-hearted conversation which took place on 25 May.

Opening a BBC special programme in memory of Dr Michael Mosley, his former colleague and fellow broadcaster Chris Van Tulleken described him as “generous” and “humble”.

Just One Thing: There’s Only One Michael Mosley is due to be aired on BBC Radio 4 at 11am, and has been released on BBC Sounds, and features the TV doctor’s final interview at the Hay Festival.

In a tribute, Mr Van Tulleken said: “As you’re listening to Michael, I want you to reflect on his style – dryly witty, modest, humble. This style disguises that he is one of the most important broadcasters of recent decades.

“Before Michael, doctors in white coats told you how to live from their ivory towers, Michael’s genius was to make himself the patient and the guinea pig in a way that’s utterly relatable.”

He continued:  “Off camera and off mic he was the same, humble, kind and above all generous. And that generosity set the tone in the BBC Science unit in a way that meant everyone who worked there became friends and collaborators rather than competitors.”

A TV special titled Michael Mosley: The Doctor Who Changed Britain is set to air on BBC One at 8pm in his memory.

The programme will focus on Mosley’s decades-long broadcasting career and how he transformed people’s lives through science.

Mosley first trained as a doctor before moving into the world of broadcasting, presenting a host of science programmes and films on the BBC including Trust Me, I’m A Doctor, which looked at healthcare in Britain.

In 2002, he was nominated for an Emmy for his executive producer role on BBC science documentary The Human Face, and he also ingested tapeworms for six weeks for a 2014 documentary called Infested! Living With Parasites on BBC Four.

Dr Michael Mosley said he did not want to die “early” like his father, who lived to 74 years old, in a tragic interview given just before his death at age 67.

Speaking at the end of April the 67-year-old revealed his healthy lifestyle was driven by watching his own father, Bill, die before seeing his grandchildren grow up.

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In tribute, the BBC will air the last interview Mosley conducted in a programme titled There’s Only One Michael Mosley on BBC Radio 4 and BBC Sounds at 11am on Friday.

Mosley recorded a special edition of Just One Thing, in which he regularly revealed tips to improve your health, at the Hay Festival on May 25 with Professor Paul Bloom.

The recording will be introduced by TV doctor and presenter Chris van Tulleken, who Mosley worked with as part of the BBC’s Trust Me, I’m A Doctor series.

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Tragic details have continued to emerge about Dr Michael Mosley’s final hours after he disappeared on the Greek island of Symi, with his body discovered five days later.

CCTV footage has reportedly shown him making his way down the slope before falling over, with his wife saying that his family had taken comfort in the fact he “very nearly made it to safety”.

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He’s altered the way she showers, stands – and even how she spends her free time. Which is why Emma Reed will never forget the health and lifestyle guru:

The former medical personality, author of the popular fasting diet known as the 5:2, had almost made it to safety before he died.

Emergency rescue teams, who were searching just 50m from where Dr Mosley was found, were clearly devastated as his body was carried away.

Volunteers and emergency workers tried to locate him from 7am until 3am for three days in a row – but had missed his body by metres.

Jannis and Sophia Volas, who have been married for 37 years and have two sons, were the chief volunteers leading the search operation.

The couple’s endless search took place through unrelenting heat over jagged rocks, where poisonous snakes were hiding.

The pair paused only to make enough money to support their family – Ms Volas working in a Symi bakery, and Mr Volas a plasterer and blacksmith – but their tanned faces and evident exhaustion showed just how hard they had searched.

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