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 BBC 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.
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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 Mirror.
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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 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.
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“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 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.”
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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.”
As the show aired, one fan said: “Listening now. Deeply moving. knowing he’s not here any longer.” Another said: “RIP. May God care for his gentle soul.”
A telly tribute, Michael Mosley: The Doctor Who Changed Britain, is set to hit screens on BBC One at 8pm, celebrating the legend himself. This special will dive into Mosley’s epic career and how he revolutionised our telly experience with his daring experiments.
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