A search and rescue operation is underway for the TV doctor and columnist Michael Mosley who has gone missing while on holiday on the Greek island of Symi, his agent has confirmed. The 67-year-old failed to return from a hike on Wednesday (5 June). “Have you seen this man?” a post in a local Facebook group read alongside a photo of the TV health expert.
“He set off to walk back from St Nick’s at about 13.30 and failed to make it home. His friends are concerned as it is six hours since they last saw him.
His name is Dr Mike Mosley and he is a familiar face for many British people.” Follow the latest update on missing TV doctor Michael Mosley. Before turning to the health sector, Dr Mosley became a banker in London following an undergraduate degree in Philosophy, Politics and Economics (PPE) at the New College, Oxford.
After two years in banking, he moved into medicine and studied medical psychology at the Royal Free Hospital Medical School, where he qualified as a doctor. Dr Mosley subsequently became disillusioned with psychiatry and segwayed into television when he joined the BBC’s trainee assistant producer scheme. For the past 25 years, he has been working as a documentary maker and science journalist.
Currently, he hosts the Just One Thing podcast for the BBC and makes regular appearances on programmes like This Morning and The One Show . The 67-year-old also presented the Channel 4 programme Michael Mosley : Who Made Britain Fat? and was part of the BBC serie.
