Michael Mosley fans in tears as BBC Radio 4 plays last ever interview on 'how to live a good life'; Dr Michael Mosley was heard speaking in a programme titled There's Only One Michael Mosley on BBC Radio 4 and BBC Sounds at 11am on Friday June 14 as part (2024)

Byline: By, Rose Hill

Dr Michael Mosley's final interview aired today on Radio 4, leaving fans in tears as his friend introducing the programme said: "I didn't know it would be the last time I would see him."

The beloved TV presenter and nutritionist, 67, tragically died while he was holidaying with his wife Dr Clare Bailey on the Greek island of Symi earlier this month. He had disappeared after setting off on a walk at 1.30pm on Wednesday June 5 before he was found days later on the Sunday near Agia Marina beach.

Dr Mosley was heard speaking in a programme titled There's Only One Michael Mosley on BBC Radio 4 and BBC Sounds at 11am on Friday June 14 as part of the BBC's tribute. He had recorded a special edition of Just One Thing, where he regularly shared tips to improve your health, at the Hay Festival on May 25 with Professor Paul Bloom. This recording was introduced by fellow TV doctor and presenter Chris van Tulleken, who worked alongside Mosley as part of the BBC's Trust Me, I'm A Doctor series.

The BBC introduced the programme as a tribute to their "friend" Dr Michael Mosley, before Chris shared his thoughts on Michael in his own introduction. "What you're about to hear was recorded a few minutes before I met up with Michael at the Hay Festival and what I didn't know was that it would be the last time I ever saw him. Because two weeks later he died on holiday with his wife in Greece.

"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.

"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 that worked there became friends and collaborators rather than competitors. For me, these friendships and endured for more than a decade.

"Michael's death has moved so many of us, so really I'm speaking for lots of television and audio presenters and producers. His legacy is going to live on in our memories -any time we brush our teeth standing on one leg or fast a little longer in between meals, we build up our strength doing squats or do any one of the hundreds of tricks that he taught us. I'll miss him as a friend and as a mentor -but perhaps most of all, I'll miss him as a broadcaster. So I hope you enjoy this -his final interview."

He added: "I hope you enjoy it -along with all the hints and tips Michael has left us on how to live a good life. Something that he most certainly did."

Speaking on the programme, Michael began by saying that speaking to Professor Bloom on how to live a good life had been something he had been really looking forward to. "I've been obsessed with the question on how to live a good life for a long time," he said. "I come from a long line of missonaries on my mother's side and a long line of bankers on my father's side, so I'm torn in two different directions and in some way that has dictated the course of my life."

Michael went on to ask the professor on how he would define a good life.

Additionally, a TV special titled Michael Mosley: The Doctor Who Changed Britain is scheduled to air on BBC One at 8pm in his memory. The programme will highlight Mosley's extensive broadcasting career and his transformative impact on people's lives through science. We'll never forget him infecting himself with a tapeworm or having a camera put up his back passage -all for our benefit. And he's the reason that so many programmes on radio and television have adopted this style -he's the reason I've adopted this style.

It has since been confirmed that father-of-four Dr Mosley died of natural causes, most likely heat exhaustion and dehydration. An expert in the case has now suggested that his remains are likely to be repatriated to the UK in the next 24 hours. . Dr Grigoris Leon, head of the Hellenic society of forensic medicine, told the Guardian: "Usually it's only a matter of time once a postmortem is conducted for a body to be released. It means in this case it's a question of days before repatriation takes place."

Search crews spent nearly four days looking for Dr Mosley before he was discovered behind a wall just feet away from a resort on Agia Marina beach. A post-mortem examination later revealed Michael had died at around 4pm on Wednesday of natural causes, with no initial signs of injury. Separate toxicology and histology reports have now been ordered.

Physio Chris Byrne, a lecturer in sports and health sciences at Exeter University, said the circ*mstances surrounding Michael's death bore all the hallmarks of a fatal heatstroke. He spoke out, saying it showed the dangers of venturing out to exercise during intense heat.

Warnings were issued for extreme weather on the Dodecanese island last week as temperatures were projected to reach 40C. Dr Mosley's age was also highlighted by Byrne as a risk factor, humans' ability to regulate our body temperature declining as we age.

He told the Daily Express that "the tragic story of Michael Mosley illustrates the rare but potentially lethal effect of combining physical activity in high environmental heat." Any sporting event on the island that day would have been deemed too "high risk" and cancelled due to the heat, Byrne said.

Before transitioning into broadcasting, Mosley initially trained as a doctor, presenting numerous science programmes and films on the BBC including Trust Me, I'm A Doctor, which explored healthcare in Britain.

In 2002, he received an Emmy nomination for his role as an executive producer on the BBC's science documentary, 'The Human Face'. Later, in 2014, he went to extreme lengths for a series called 'Infested! Living With Parasites' on BBC Four, where he ingested tapeworms for six weeks. His influence spread into the world of diet and wellbeing too.

He's largely responsible for making popular the 5:2 diet -a form of intermittent fasting -through his book, 'The Fast Diet'. Following this, he also championed 'The Fast 800' diet, which encourages practitioners to follow a "moderately low-carb, Mediterranean-style diet".

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