Michael Mosley’s “genius” has been remembered in a special BBC Radio 4 programme airing the last interview conducted by the late TV doctor. Doctor and broadcaster Chris van Tulleken introduced the interview on There’s Only One Michael Mosley, which aired a conversation between Mosley and Professor Paul Bloom recorded at the Hay Festival on May 25. Mosley, who is credited with popularising the 5:2 diet, died aged 67 of natural causes last week after he went missing on the Greek island of Symi.
Van Tulleken, who worked with Mosley as part of Trust Me, I’m A Doctor, said in the programme: “As you’re listening to Michael (in the interview), I want you to reflect on his style, dryly witty, modest, humble. Michael Mosley went missing after going for a walk on the Greek island of Symi (Yui Mok/PA) “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. “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. A short clip from Michael Mosley’s last interview, How to Live a Good Life, with Professor Paul Bloom is Michael at his best – full of warmth, insight and enjoying his time with the Hay Festival audience. There’s Only One Michael Mosley | Listen on BBC Soun.
