Radio 4 listeners were left reaching for the tissues as Dr Michael Mosley's final interview was broadcast, with his friend kicking off the show by saying: "I didn't know it would be the last time I would see him." The nation's much-loved telly doc and health guru, aged 67, met a tragic end while on a Greek getaway with his wife, Dr Clare Bailey. The TV personality went missing after a walk on Wednesday, June 5, only to be discovered days later on Sunday near Agia Marina beach.
The airwaves carried Dr Mosley's voice once more in a special titled There's Only One Michael Mosley on Radio 4 and BBC Sounds at 11am on Friday June 14, as part of the Beeb's homage to the legend. He'd knocked out a special edition of Just One Thing at the Hay Festival on May 25 with Prof Paul Bloom, dishing out his top-notch health tips. This last recording got a heartfelt intro from Chris van Tulleken, another TV doc who teamed up with Mosley on the BBC hit Trust Me, I'm A Doctor, reports .
The Beeb teed up the programme as a nod to their "friend" Dr Michael Mosley, before Chris chipped in with his own poignant words about Michael. "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.
