Michael Mosley’s legacy and final interview to be broadcast by the BBC in special tribute

The BBC has announced it will be airing two special programmes in memory of Dr. Michael Mosley this week. The 67-year-old TV presenter and columnist died while on holiday in Greece.

His body was found after he was reported missing by his wife, on the island of Symi on Wednesday. Dr Mosley's remains were discovered in a rocky area near Agia Marina beach on Sunday.

Michael Mosley – The Doctor Who Changed Britain will take a look at his almost four decades of broadcasting. The BBC One special, broadcast on Friday at 8pm, will look at how he transformed people’s lives.

Another programme, There’s Only One Michael Mosley, will air on BBC Radio 4 and BBC Sounds from Friday at 11am and will contain the last interview the TV doctor conducted. He recorded a special edition of Just One Thing, in which he regularly revealed tips to help improve your health, at the Hay Festival on May 25 with Professor Tanya Byron.

His wife, Dr Clare Bailey Mosley, also a doctor, author, and health columnist, was also in attendance at the event. The recording will be introduced by TV doctor and presenter Chris van Tulleken, who Dr Mosley worked with as part of Trust Me, I’m A Doctor.

A BBC spokesperson said: “His programmes have made a lasting impact on the nation’s health habits from intermittent fasting to the benefits of a cold shower.

“Michael also shared his own struggles with audiences worldwide; as a chronic insomniac he made programmes about sleep and, ever curious, he would also go to extremes in the pursuit of science, even infecting himself with a tapeworm. Celebrating Michael’s career, this programme marks the enormous impact he made, touching the lives of so many.”

Dr Mosley was the name behind popularising the 5:2 diet, a form of intermittent fasting, through his book The Fast Diet which he co-authored with journalist Mimi Spencer. He later advocated for The Fast 800 diet, which follows a “moderately low-carb, Mediterranean-style diet”.

In 2002, he was nominated for an Emmy for his executive producer role on BBC science documentary The Human Face, and he also ingested tapeworms for six weeks for a 2014 documentary called Infested! Living With Parasites on BBC Four.

On Monday, Greek police spokeswoman Konstantia Dimoglidou told the BBC that an initial post-mortem examination had been carried out, confirming there were no injuries on the body of Dr Mosley.

It also estimated that the time of death was around 4pm local time on Wednesday. Dr Mosley had left friends on the island’s Agios Nikolaos beach at around 1.30pm to go for a walk.

Ms Dimoglidou said that the position of his body means he died of natural causes. She also said there will be toxicology and histology investigation reports in due course.