{{short description|British television presenter (1957–2024)}} {{about|the British journalist and TV presenter|other names}} {{redirect-distinguish|Just One Thing|Just One (disambiguation){{!}}Just One|One Thing (disambiguation){{!}}One Thing|Just One More Thing (disambiguation){{!}}Just One More Thing}} {{Use British English|date=June 2017}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2024}} {{Infobox person | name = Michael Mosley | image = Michael Mosley.png | alt = | caption = Mosley in 2024 | birth_name = Michael Hugh Mosley | birth_date = {{birth date|1957|03|22|df=y}} | birth_place = Calcutta, India | death_date = {{death date and age|2024|06|05|1957|03|22|df=y}} | death_place = Agia Marina, Symi, Greece | citizenship = United Kingdom | education = Haileybury | alma_mater = {{plainlist| * New College, Oxford * Royal Free Hospital Medical School }} | occupation = {{cslist | Television and radio journalist | producer | and presenter }} | years_active = 1985–2024 | television = Trust Me, I'm a Doctor (TV series) | spouse = {{marriage|Clare Bailey|1987}} | children = 4 | awards = Medical Journalist of the Year – British Medical Association (1995) | website = {{URL|https://michaelmosley.co.uk/}} }}
'''Michael Hugh Mosley''' (22 March 1957 – 5 June 2024) was a British television and radio journalist, producer, presenter and writer who worked for the BBC from 1985 until his death. He presented television programmes on biology and medicine and regularly appeared on ''The One Show''. Mosley was an advocate of intermittent fasting and low-carbohydrate diets who wrote books promoting the ketogenic diet.
He died on the Greek island of Symi on 5 June 2024 at the age of 67.
== Early life and education == Michael Hugh Mosley<ref name="edac">{{cite web |title=Honorary graduates 2016/17 |url=https://www.ed.ac.uk/about/people/honorary-degrees/2016-17 |website=The University of Edinburgh |access-date=8 June 2024 |date=13 May 2019 |archive-date=6 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231206050146/https://www.ed.ac.uk/about/people/honorary-degrees/2016-17 |url-status=live}}</ref> was born in Calcutta, India, on 22 March 1957, the son of Arthur Daryl Alexander George "Bill" Mosley and Joan Stewart.<ref>{{cite news |date=28 October 1986 |newspaper=The Times |title=Forthcoming Marriages |page=18 |location=London |url=https://www.gale.com/intl/c/the-times-digital-archive |access-date=12 June 2024 |quote=The engagement is announced between Michael, son of Mr. A. D. A. G. (Bill) Mosley, of Hong Kong, and Mrs. Joan Mosley of Bournemouth, and Clare, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Andrew Bailey, of Chelsea.}}</ref><ref name="obit-telegraph">{{cite web |title=Michael Mosley, exuberant medical broadcaster who popularised the 5:2 diet – obituary |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2024/06/09/michael-mosley-5-2-diet-trust-me-im-a-doctor-bbc-radio/ |website=The Telegraph |date=9 June 2024 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20240609125735/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2024/06/09/michael-mosley-5-2-diet-trust-me-im-a-doctor-bbc-radio/ |archive-date=9 June 2024 |url-status=live |url-access=subscription}}</ref><ref name="obit-times">{{cite web |title=Michael Mosley obituary: presenter who popularised the 5:2 diet |url=https://www.thetimes.com/uk/obituaries/article/michael-mosley-obituary-death-dr5vpptrm |website=The Times |date=9 June 2024 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20240609143714/https://www.thetimes.com/uk/obituaries/article/michael-mosley-obituary-death-dr5vpptrm |archive-date=9 June 2024 |url-status=live}}</ref> He had an older brother and a younger brother and sister.<ref name="smh"/> His father was a banker born in George Town, Penang, of partly Armenian descent.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://gw.geneanet.org/dmmason?lang=en&pz=bastiaan&nz=minjoot&p=arthur+daryl+alexander+george&n=mosley |website=geneanet |title=Burghers & Eurasians plus by David Mason – Arthur Daryl Alexander George Mosley |access-date=12 June 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Goddard |first=Colin L. |url=https://robertmarcaranthony.com/marc-anthony-musician-by-colin-l-goddard/the-biography/ |title=Marc Anthony (1891–1970), Musician and Night Club King |date=2015}}</ref> His maternal grandfather, Arthur Dudley Stewart, was an Anglican priest and Principal of St. Paul's College, Hong Kong, born to Irish missionary parents in China. Mosley's maternal great-grandfather, Gerard Lander, was Anglican Bishop of Victoria (Hong Kong).<ref>{{cite book |title=Children of the Massacre – the Extraordinary Story of the Stewart family in Hong Kong and West China |author=Robert and Linda Banks |publisher=Pickwick Publications |date=2021 |page=9 |isbn=978-1-6667-2036-5 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eHZKEAAAQBAJ&pg=PT9}}</ref><ref name="smh"/>
Mosley attended boarding school in England from the age of seven.<ref name="smh">{{cite news |url=https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/celebrity/dr-michael-mosley-what-i-know-about-women-20190313-p513x7.html |title=Dr Michael Mosley: What I know about women |first=Jane |last=Rocca |date=17 March 2019 |newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald |access-date=1 May 2021 |archive-date =1 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210501162418/https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/celebrity/dr-michael-mosley-what-i-know-about-women-20190313-p513x7.html |url-status=live}}</ref> After attending Haileybury College,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.linkedin.com/posts/haileybury-connect_our-community-is-saddened-by-the-tragic-loss-activity-7205914574754041858-dD67 |website=Linkedin |title=Haileybury Connect's Post |quote=Our community is saddened by the tragic loss of esteemed Old Haileyburian Dr Michael Mosley (Allenby 1974), a trailblazing BBC journalist and health expert.}}</ref> a boarding and day public school (at the time for boys only), at Hertford Heath in Hertfordshire, he read Philosophy, politics and economics at New College, Oxford, including investment banking,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rocca |first=Jane |date=2019-03-17 |title=Dr Michael Mosley: What I know about women |url=https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/celebrity/dr-michael-mosley-what-i-know-about-women-20190313-p513x7.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250808200352/https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/celebrity/dr-michael-mosley-what-i-know-about-women-20190313-p513x7.html |archive-date=2025-08-08 |access-date=2025-08-08 |website=The Sydney Morning Herald}}</ref> before working for two years as a banker in the City of London. He then decided to move into medicine, intending to become a psychiatrist, and studied at the Royal Free Hospital Medical School (now part of UCL Medical School).<ref name="bmj">{{cite journal |url=https://www.bmj.com/content/328/7442/s129 |title=From finance to medicine to the media |first=Beth |last=Chapman |date=27 March 2004 |access-date=23 November 2018 |journal=BMJ Careers |volume=328 |issue=7442 |pages=s129 |publisher=BMJ Group |doi=10.1136/bmj.328.7442.s129 |s2cid=79711196 |archive-date=23 November 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181123154357/https://www.bmj.com/content/328/7442/s129 |url-status=live|url-access=subscription }}</ref> He became disillusioned with psychiatry after a placement in the specialty during his degree course, and decided not to practise medicine after passing his final examinations in 1985.<ref name="bmj"/>
Mosley described himself as "quite religious" until around the age of 20 and considered becoming a priest.<ref name="obit-times"/>
== Career == After graduating in medicine, Mosley elected not to pursue a career as a doctor, but instead joined a trainee assistant producer scheme at the BBC in 1985.<ref name="bmj"/> Mosley was a joint executive producer for a number of science programmes, including programmes with Robert Winston,<ref name="obit-times"/> ''The Human Face'' presented by John Cleese,<ref name=emmy/> and the 2004 BBC Two engineering series ''Inventions That Changed the World'' hosted by Jeremy Clarkson.<ref>{{cite press release |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2003/12_december/23/inventions.shtml |title=Inventions That Changed The World |publisher=BBC |access-date=14 September 2024 |archive-date=3 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200803160959/http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2003/12_december/23/inventions.shtml |url-status=live}}</ref> His career in front of the camera began in 2007, when he pitched a series for BBC television titled ''Medical Mavericks'' and, unable to find a suitable host, offered to present it himself.<ref name="obit-telegraph"/> He went on to present numerous programmes for TV, including ''Blood and Guts'', ''The Story of Science'', ''Make Me'', and ''Trust Me, I'm a Doctor''.<ref name="obit-telegraph"/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c8770jyz6vvo|title=Michael Mosley: TV host's life on the front line of science|date=9 June 2024|publisher=BBC News |access-date=10 June 2024|archive-date=10 June 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240610055104/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c8770jyz6vvo|url-status=live}}</ref>
In 2011, Mosley made a series titled ''The Brain: A Secret History'' on the history of psychology and neuroscience. During the series, while describing the methods that are being employed to identify the anomalies in brain structure associated with psychopathy, his personal test results revealed he himself had these candidate brain characteristics.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Cadwalladr |first=Carole |date=22 May 2016 |title=Michael Mosley: 'No male in my family has made it beyond 72' |url=https://www.theguardian.com/society/2016/may/22/michael-mosley-ecigarettes-miracle-menace-tv |access-date=9 June 2024 |work=The Observer |language=en-GB |issn=0029-7712 |archive-date=6 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240606123009/https://www.theguardian.com/society/2016/may/22/michael-mosley-ecigarettes-miracle-menace-tv |url-status=live}}</ref>
Mosley presented a two-part documentary, ''Frontline Medicine'', in 2011, with episodes titled "Survival" and "Rebuilding Lives". These programmes described the recent medical advancements that allowed for improved treatment of military personnel injured in battle in Afghanistan, and examined how these new techniques were being used in emergency medicine in civilian casualties in the United States and Great Britain.<ref>{{cite web |title=Frontline Medicine. Part 1, Survival. |url=https://wellcomecollection.org/works/hve3duxb |access-date=9 June 2024 |website=Wellcome Collection |archive-date=15 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231015051959/https://wellcomecollection.org/works/hve3duxb |url-status=live}}</ref>
Mosley's documentary ''The Truth About Exercise'', first broadcast in 2012, highlighted how different patterns of exercise might help achieve health benefits, the danger of sitting for prolonged periods and revealed how certain genotypes are unable to gain significant improvements in aerobic fitness (VO<sub>2</sub> max) by following endurance exercise programmes. His own genetic type can gain many of the benefits of exercise, primarily improved insulin response, through short, high-intensity training sessions as suggested by the research of James Timmons.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/edinburgh_and_east/7852987.stm | publisher=BBC News | title=Short fast sprints 'cut' diabetes | date=28 January 2009 | access-date=20 March 2012 | archive-date=7 March 2012 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120307114204/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/edinburgh_and_east/7852987.stm | url-status=live }}</ref>
In January 2013, Mosley presented ''The Genius of Invention''. In the documentary named ''The Truth About Personality'', which first aired on 10 July 2013, Mosley explored what science can tell people about optimism and pessimism and whether people can change their outlook.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-23229014 | work=BBC News | title=Can science explain why I'm a pessimist? | date=10 July 2013 | access-date=21 July 2018 | archive-date=7 April 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180407181050/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-23229014 | url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b036ypxw|title=BBC Two – Horizon, 2012–2013, The Truth About Personality|website=BBC|access-date=17 March 2019|archive-date=24 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190724131927/https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b036ypxw|url-status=live}}</ref>
[[File:Michael Mosley in Lab at Porton Down.jpg|thumb|Mosley during the filming of his 2016 documentary ''Inside Porton Down'']] In 2016 he presented the BBC Four documentary ''Inside Porton Down: Britain's Secret Weapons Research Facility''.<ref name="auto1">{{Cite web |title=BBC Four – Inside Porton Down: Britain's Secret Weapons Research Facility |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b07hx40t |access-date=2024-06-12 |website=BBC |language=en-GB |archive-date=3 September 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230903214353/https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b07hx40t |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="auto">{{Cite web |date=2017-03-20 |title=Inside Porton Down documentary |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/news/inside-porton-down-documentary |access-date=2024-06-12 |website=GOV.UK |language=en |archive-date=8 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240608213528/https://www.gov.uk/government/news/inside-porton-down-documentary |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="auto2">{{Cite web |title=Inside Porton Down |url=https://researchworks.oclc.org/archivegrid/collection/data/1157435641 |access-date=2024-06-12 |website=researchworks.oclc.org |language=en |archive-date=12 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240612071141/https://researchworks.oclc.org/archivegrid/collection/data/1157435641 |url-status=live }}</ref>
Mosley, along with a group of medical specialists, presented a BBC Two documentary series titled ''The Diagnostic Detectives'' which aired in 2020. In the series, each programme is centred around the group of doctors who choose to tackle a patient's problem.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/on-air/real-life/audio/dr-michael-mosley-tv-producer-author/ | title=Health & science communicator Dr Michael Mosley retraces his career and passions with John Cowan|website=Newstalk ZB |first=John|last=Cowan|date=1 May 2022| access-date=12 February 2023 | archive-date=12 February 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230212100029/https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/on-air/real-life/audio/dr-michael-mosley-tv-producer-author/ | url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=The ''Diagnosis Detectives'' and the mysterious case of the swollen eye |url=https://www.sciencefocus.com/comment/the-diagnosis-detectives-and-the-mysterious-case-of-the-swollen-eye/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230212100029/https://www.sciencefocus.com/comment/the-diagnosis-detectives-and-the-mysterious-case-of-the-swollen-eye/ |first=Michael|last=Mosley|date=19 October 2020|archive-date=12 February 2023 |access-date=12 February 2023}}</ref>
In 2021, Mosley presented a three-part series, ''Lose a Stone in 21 Days'', for Channel 4. On the programme Mosley suggested that people could lose a stone ({{cvt|14|lbs|disp=semicolon}}) in 21 days by calorie restriction to only 800 calories a day. This advice was considered dangerous by some medical experts and the programme received criticism on social media platforms.<ref>{{cite news| last=Barr | first=Sabrina | title=Channel 4 show ''Lose a Stone in 21 Days'' condemned as 'dangerous' and 'irresponsible'| newspaper=The Independent | date=6 August 2020 |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/lose-a-stone-in-21-days-channel-4-criticism-eating-disorder-food-relationship-beat-a9656531.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20230107165950/https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/lose-a-stone-in-21-days-channel-4-criticism-eating-disorder-food-relationship-beat-a9656531.html|archive-date=7 January 2023}}</ref> Beat, a UK charity supporting those affected by eating disorders, wrote the following day that "the programme caused enough stress and anxiety to our beneficiaries that we extended our Helpline hours to support anyone affected and received 51% more contact during that time".<ref>{{Cite web |title=Beat's response to Channel 4's Lose a Stone in 21 Days|publisher=Beat Eating disorders|date=|url=https://www.beateatingdisorders.org.uk/news/channel-4s-lose-a-stone-in-21-days/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230108233707/https://www.beateatingdisorders.org.uk/news/channel-4s-lose-a-stone-in-21-days|archive-date=8 January 2023}}</ref>
Mosley presented the series ''Just One Thing'' on BBC Radio 4, in which each episode explored a single action a person could take to improve their health. Suggestions covered a wide range including reading poetry out loud,<ref name="marriott">{{cite news |last1=Marriott |first1=James |title=Just One Thing review — we need a dose of Michael Mosley's marvellous medicine |url=https://www.thetimes.com/life-style/health-fitness/article/just-one-thing-review-michael-mosley-marvellous-medicine-x5206679w |access-date=9 June 2024 |work=The Times |date=3 June 2021 |language=en |archive-date=9 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240609142633/https://www.thetimes.com/life-style/health-fitness/article/just-one-thing-review-michael-mosley-marvellous-medicine-x5206679w |url-status=live }}</ref> taking hot baths in the evening,<ref name="wickham">{{cite news |last1=Wickham |first1=Edward |title=Radio review: Rosebud, Just One Thing with Michael Mosley, and The Essay: Music in bloom |url=https://www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/2024/24-may/books-arts/radio/radio-review-rosebud-just-one-thing-with-michael-mosley-and-the-essay-music-in-bloom |access-date=9 June 2024 |work=www.churchtimes.co.uk |date=24 May 2024 |archive-date=27 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240527130726/https://www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/2024/24-may/books-arts/radio/radio-review-rosebud-just-one-thing-with-michael-mosley-and-the-essay-music-in-bloom |url-status=live }}</ref> playing a musical instrument, Nordic walking, and cooking tomatoes to increase their health benefits.<ref name=jot /> The series launched in March 2021;<ref>{{cite web |title=BBC Radio 4 – Just One Thing – with Michael Mosley, Welcome to Just One Thing with Michael Mosley |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p09by4rs |website=BBC |access-date=9 June 2024 |date=26 March 2021 |archive-date=24 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240524214225/https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p09by4rs |url-status=live }}</ref> {{As of|2024|6|9|lc=yes}}, 102 episodes had been broadcast with three more, sharing the title "Exercise Clever", scheduled for 13, 20 and 27 June 2024.<ref name="jot">{{cite web |title=BBC Radio 4 – Just One Thing – with Michael Mosley – Next on |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p09by3yy/broadcasts/upcoming |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240609123511/https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p09by3yy/broadcasts/upcoming |website=BBC |access-date=9 June 2024 |archive-date=9 June 2024}}</ref> These were later pulled.<ref>{{cite web |title=BBC Radio 4 – Just One Thing – with Michael Mosley, Exercise Clever – with Michael Mosley – Next on |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00202lj/episodes/guide |website=BBC Programmes |access-date=13 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240613150902/https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00202lj/episodes/guide |archive-date=13 June 2024}}</ref> An interview he recorded at the Hay Festival less than a fortnight before his death was broadcast as part of the series and as a tribute to him.<ref>{{cite web |title=BBC Radio 4 – Just One Thing – with Michael Mosley – Next on |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p09by3yy/broadcasts/upcoming |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240613151154/https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p09by3yy/broadcasts/upcoming |website=BBC |access-date=13 June 2024 |archive-date=13 June 2024}}</ref><ref name="OnlyOneMM">{{cite web |title=There's Only One Michael Mosley |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0020l75 |work=Just One Thing|publisher=BBC Radio Four |access-date=16 June 2024}}</ref> In it, he was praised as "one of the most important broadcasters of recent decades" and he confessed that he found it challenging to practise many of the health tips he had advocated on his programmes and that he had found the results of a personality test confronting.<ref name="Evans2024">{{cite news |last1=Evans |first1=Holly |title=Michael Mosley revealed obsession with the good life and struggle to follow own advice in final BBC interview |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/michael-mosley-doctor-bbc-tribute-b2562636.html |access-date=16 June 2024 |work=The Independent |date=June 14, 2024}}</ref>
== Intermittent fasting and low-carbohydrate diet advocacy == Mosley promoted intermittent fasting and was a low-carbohydrate diet advocate.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Torrens |first=Kerry |date=30 October 2023 |title=What is the Fast 800 diet? |url=https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/howto/guide/what-fast-800-diet |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230107165645/https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/howto/guide/what-fast-800-diet |archive-date=7 January 2023 |access-date=8 June 2024 |website=Good Food |language=en}}</ref>
=== 5:2 diet === Mosley was credited with popularising a form of intermittent fasting called the 5:2 diet through an episode of the BBC documentary series ''Horizon'' called "Eat, Fast and Live Longer".<ref name="mosley">{{Cite web |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/health-19112549 |title=The power of intermittent fasting | vauthors = Mosley M |date=5 August 2012 |work=BBC Health |access-date=14 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190216104602/https://www.bbc.com/news/health-19112549 |archive-date=16 February 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="BBC">{{Cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b01lxyzc/horizon-20122013-3-eat-fast-and-live-longer |title=Horizon – Eat, Fast and Live Longer |date=6 August 2012 |publisher=BBC iPlayer |access-date=14 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190105010627/https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b01lxyzc/horizon-20122013-3-eat-fast-and-live-longer |archive-date=5 January 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=ausabc>{{cite web | title=What the science says about the 5:2 intermittent fasting diet | website=ABC Everyday | publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation | date=10 February 2020 |url=https://www.abc.net.au/everyday/what-the-science-says-about-the-5-2-intermittent-fasting-diet/11932126 | access-date=11 February 2021 | vauthors=Wilson P | archive-date=3 August 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210803022737/https://www.abc.net.au/everyday/what-the-science-says-about-the-5-2-intermittent-fasting-diet/11932126 | url-status=live}}</ref>
It was through this documentary that he learned about the 5:2 diet from neuroscientist Mark Mattson who published a paper on the diet with Michelle Harvie and 14 other scientists in 2011.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Harvie |first1=Michelle |author-link1= |last2=Pegington |first2=Mary |author-link2= |last3=Mattson |first3=Mark |author-link3=Mark Mattson |last4=Frystyk |first4=Jan |author-link4= |last5=Dillon |first5=Bernice |year=2011 |title=The effects of intermittent or continuous energy restriction on weight loss and metabolic disease risk markers: a randomised trial in young overweight women |journal=International Journal of Obesity|volume=35 |issue=5 |pages=714–727|doi=10.1038/ijo.2010.171 |pmid=20921964 |pmc=3017674 }}</ref><ref name=book>{{cite book|last=Mattson|first=Mark|author-link=Mark Mattson|date=2022|title=The Intermittent Fasting Revolution: The Science of Optimizing Health and Enhancing Performance|url=|location=|publisher=MIT Press|page= 198 (Kindle edition)|isbn=}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.thenakedscientists.com/articles/interviews/does-52-diet-work |title=Does the 5:2 diet work? |date=24 November 2014 |access-date=8 October 2023 |archive-date=28 September 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230928190117/https://www.thenakedscientists.com/articles/interviews/does-52-diet-work |url-status=live}}</ref> In the original trials, the 5:2 diet does not follow a particular food pattern, but instead focuses entirely on calorie content.<ref name=52how>{{cite web|url=https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/324303|title=How to do the 5:2 diet|access-date=8 October 2023|last=Marengo|first=Katherine|date=28 January 2019|work=Medical News Today|archive-date=19 October 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231019164212/https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/324303|url-status=live}}</ref>
In early 2013 his book ''The Fast Diet'', written with Mimi Spencer, was published by Short Books.<ref>{{cite news |first=Hannah |last=Paine |url=https://www.thechronicle.com.au/news/hidden-problem-with-52-diet/3835094/ |title=Hidden problem with 5:2 diet |newspaper=The Chronicle |location=Australia |date=23 January 2020 |access-date=29 March 2020 |archive-date=29 March 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200329163257/https://www.thechronicle.com.au/news/hidden-problem-with-52-diet/3835094/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=ST>{{cite news |first=York |last=Membery |url=https://www.thetimes.com/business-money/money/article/dr-michael-mosley-for-me-health-and-wealth-go-together-g8z6fz9sb |title=Dr Michael Mosley: For me, health and wealth go together |newspaper=The Sunday Times |date=29 March 2020 |access-date=29 March 2020 |archive-date=29 March 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200329163252/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/money/dr-michael-mosley-for-me-health-and-wealth-go-together-g8z6fz9sb |url-status=live |url-access=subscription}}</ref>
=== The Fast 800 diet === Mosley advocated The Fast 800 Diet, a low-carbohydrate Mediterranean diet with intermittent fasting that follows a daily 800-calorie eating plan.<ref name="BBC"/> His book ''The Fast 800 Keto'' combines a ketogenic diet with intermittent fasting.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/radionational-breakfast/can-a-fasting-diet-lead-to-sustainable-good-health/13691362 |title=Can a fasting diet lead to sustainable good health? |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230107164144/https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/breakfast/can-a-fasting-diet-lead-to-sustainable-good-health/13691362 |type=Audio |archive-date=7 January 2023 |url-status=live |website=abc.net.au |date=28 December 2021 |access-date=6 January 2022}}</ref>
Mosley's ''The Fast 800 Keto'' advises a three-stage diet plan for weight loss: stage 1, a very low-carbohydrate ketogenic diet; stage 2, a reintroduction of carbohydrates with intermittent fasting; stage 3, a low-carbohydrate Mediterranean diet.<ref name="Red Pen Reviews">{{cite web|url=https://www.redpenreviews.org/reviews/fast-800-keto/ |title=Fast 800 Keto: Eat well, burn fat, manage your weight long-term, by Michael Mosley (review) |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230505114409/https://www.redpenreviews.org/reviews/fast-800-keto/ |archive-date=5 May 2023 |url-status=live |website=RedPenReviews.org |date=4 May 2023 |access-date=6 May 2023}}</ref>
''Red Pen Reviews'' gave Mosley's book ''The Fast 800 Keto'' a score of 58% for scientific accuracy, but concluded that the diet "should cause weight loss and improve health in most people who have extra weight and/or type 2 diabetes, but some aspects of the diet may be unnecessary and make it harder to follow". The review also noted that Mosley's Fast 800 Keto is not a long-term ketogenic diet and the insistence on a low-carbohydrate intake for the long-term Mediterranean diet is not necessary.<ref name="Red Pen Reviews"/>
== Awards and honours == Mosley's 1994 ''Horizon'' documentary "Ulcer Wars" reported the link between ''Helicobacter pylori'' and gastric ulcers, discovered in 1983 by Australian scientists Robin Warren and Barry Marshall.<ref name="genome.ch.bbc.co.uk">{{cite web |date=16 May 1994 |title=Horizon: Ulcer Wars |url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/baf970949e3a46a992ae52420395a7c2 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220109124634/https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/baf970949e3a46a992ae52420395a7c2 |archive-date=9 January 2022 |access-date=9 January 2022 |website=BBC Genome Project}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Mosley |first1=Michael |date=22 August 2019 |title=Michael Mosley: Gut feelings |url=https://www.sciencefocus.com/the-human-body/michael-mosley-gut-feelings/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220109124629/https://www.sciencefocus.com/the-human-body/michael-mosley-gut-feelings/ |archive-date=9 January 2022 |access-date=9 January 2022 |website=BBC Science Focus |language=en}}</ref> He was named Medical Journalist of the Year in 1995 by the British Medical Association.<ref name="bmj"/><ref>{{Cite news |last1=Smith |first1=Helena |last2=Topping |first2=Alexandra |date=9 June 2024 |title=Michael Mosley: TV presenter found dead on Greek island, wife confirms |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/article/2024/jun/09/body-of-man-believed-to-be-tv-doctor-michael-mosley-found-on-greek-island-authorities-say |access-date=9 June 2024 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077 |archive-date=9 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240609142525/https://www.theguardian.com/media/article/2024/jun/09/body-of-man-believed-to-be-tv-doctor-michael-mosley-found-on-greek-island-authorities-say |url-status=live }}</ref> In 1996 the programme was noted as one of the most important factors to influence British general practitioners' prescribing habits.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Armstrong |first1=David |last2=Reyburn |first2=Hugh |last3=Jones |first3=Roger |pmid=8616310 |quote=Free PMC/PMID article |title=A study of general practitioners' reasons for changing their prescribing behaviour. |journal=BMJ: British Medical Journal |date=13 April 1996 |volume=312 |issue=7036 |pages=949–952 |doi=10.1136/bmj.312.7036.949 |jstor=29731312|pmc=2350770 }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Bhidé |first1=Amar |last2=Datar |first2=Srikant M. |last3=Stebbins |first3=Katherine |title=Antibiotic Treatments for Ulcers--Eradicating H-Pylori Infections: Case Histories of Transformational Advances |journal=Working Paper – Faculty & Research |date=July 2019 |issue=20–006 |url=https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=56428 |access-date=9 January 2022 |publisher=Harvard Business School |archive-date=9 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220109124630/https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=56428 |url-status=live}} (Revised May 2021) {{cite web|url=https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/download.aspx?name=20-006.pdf |title=Working Paper 20–006 (PDF) |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240606123011/https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/download.aspx?name=20-006.pdf |archive-date=6 June 2024 |url-status=live}}</ref>
In 2002, Mosley was nominated for an Emmy as an executive producer for ''The Human Face'' with John Cleese.<ref name=emmy>{{cite web |title=Michael Mosley |url=https://www.emmys.com/bios/michael-mosley |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220109124620/https://www.emmys.com/bios/michael-mosley |archive-date=9 January 2022 |access-date=9 January 2022 |website=Television Academy |language=en |quote=Outstanding Non-Fiction Special (Informational) – 2002 NOMINEE Michael Mosley, Executive Producer The Human Face with John Cleese TLC}}</ref> In 2017, Mosley was awarded an honorary doctorate of Science by the University of Edinburgh.<ref name="edac"/>
== Personal life == Mosley married Clare Bailey Mosley in 1987.<ref name="obit-telegraph"/><ref name="obit-times"/><ref name=inwood2024>{{cite web | last1=Inwood | first1=Joe | last2=Rhoden-Paul | first2=André | title=Wife of Michael Mosley pays tribute to kind husband | website=BBC | date=9 June 2024 |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0kk9gvw8l0o | access-date=9 June 2024 | archive-date=9 June 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240609082230/https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0kk9gvw8l0o | url-status=live}}</ref> She was a general practitioner until her retirement in 2022; they had met at the Royal Free Hospital Medical School and had a daughter and three sons.<ref name="obit-times"/><ref name=ST/>
In a 2019 BBC documentary on sleep, Mosley revealed he had chronic insomnia.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08q8p13|title=BBC One – The Truth About..., Sleep|publisher=BBC|access-date=17 March 2019|archive-date=11 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190411235550/https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08q8p13|url-status=live}}</ref> His book ''Fast Asleep'', on the subject, was published by Atria that same year.<ref name=ST/>
== Death == On 5 June 2024, Mosley went missing on the Greek island of Symi while on holiday with his wife. He left St. Nikolas beach to walk to Symi Town, approximately {{convert|2|mi|km|0|abbr=off|spell=on}} away, where they were staying. His body was found on 9 June, on the rocky slope outside the wall of a private resort called Agia Marina. It appeared that he had taken the wrong path after leaving the town of Pedi.<ref name=inwood2024/><ref>{{cite web| last1=Smith | first1=Helena | last2=Topping | first2=Alexandra | title=Michael Mosley: TV presenter found dead on Greek island, wife confirms | website=The Guardian | date=9 June 2024 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/article/2024/jun/09/body-of-man-believed-to-be-tv-doctor-michael-mosley-found-on-greek-island-authorities-say | access-date=9 June 2024 | archive-date=9 June 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240609142525/https://www.theguardian.com/media/article/2024/jun/09/body-of-man-believed-to-be-tv-doctor-michael-mosley-found-on-greek-island-authorities-say | url-status=live }}</ref> His body was found after being spotted by a British journalist who was on a boat with the mayor and ERT TV journalists.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/06/09/body-found-search-dr-michael-mosley |title=Michael Mosley lay undiscovered for five days, CCTV shows |date=10 June 2024 |access-date=9 June 2024 |archive-date=9 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240609125527/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/06/09/body-found-search-dr-michael-mosley/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/michael-mosley-body-found-symi-greece-b2559772.html|title=British TV reporter describes 'chance' moment he spotted Michael Mosley's body after days-long search|date=10 June 2024|work=Independent}}</ref> It was located {{convert|100|yd|-1}} from a restaurant and {{convert|150|yd}} from an area earlier searched by his four children, who had all flown out to support the search.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nottinghampost.com/news/celebs-tv/dr-michael-mosley-search-branded-9333326 |title=Dr Michael Mosley search branded 'absurd' after he's found 100 yards from restaurant |last=Wilkes |first=Joseph |date=10 June 2024 |work=nottinghampost.com/ |access-date=10 June 2024 |archive-date=10 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240610105448/https://www.nottinghampost.com/news/celebs-tv/dr-michael-mosley-search-branded-9333326 |url-status=live }}</ref> Mosley was found with his legs raised on a rock, probably to prevent himself from fainting.<ref>[https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/uk-news/dr-michael-mosleys-poignant-action-29332028 Dr Michael Mosley's poignant action before he died is revealed]</ref>
An initial post-mortem established that, based on the position of his body and the lack of any fatal injury, Mosley had likely died from natural causes at around 4 pm on the day he disappeared. Toxicology and histology reports were anticipated.<ref name="BBC c1dd7ekyrpyo">{{cite web |title=Dr Michael Mosley: Post-mortem finds presenter died of natural causes, police say |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c1dd7ekyrpyo |website=BBC News |access-date=10 June 2024 |date=10 June 2024 |archive-date=10 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240610070909/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c1dd7ekyrpyo |url-status=live }}</ref> An inquest, held in Buckinghamshire in December 2024, reported that the cause of his death was "unascertainable" and that his death was "most likely attributable either to heat stroke (accidental) or non-identified pathological cause".<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2024/dec/20/michael-mosleys-cause-of-death-unascertainable-coroner-says|title=Michael Mosley's cause of death 'unascertainable', coroner says|work=The Guardian |date=21 December 2024}}</ref>
==Television== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Channel ! class="unsortable" | Notes |- | 2007 || ''Medical Mavericks'' || BBC Four ||<ref>{{Cite web |title=BBC Four – Medical Mavericks – Episode guide |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006wrc4/episodes/guide |access-date=10 June 2024 |website=BBC |language=en-GB}}</ref> |- | 2008 || ''Blood and Guts'' || BBC Two ||<ref>{{Cite web |title=Blood and guts: a history of surgery. Part 1, Into the brain. |url=https://wellcomecollection.org/works/eatyfqwa |access-date=2024-06-12 |website=Wellcome Collection |language=en}}</ref> |- | 2009 || ''Make Me'' || BBC One ||<ref>{{Cite web |title=Who is Michael Mosley, missing TV personality and diet guru? |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c8770jyz6vvo |access-date=2024-06-12 |website=www.bbc.com |date=9 June 2024 |language=en-GB |archive-date=11 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240611033843/https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c8770jyz6vvo |url-status=live }}</ref> |- | rowspan="4" | 2010 || ''The Brain – A Secret History'' || BBC Four ||<ref>{{Cite web |title=BBC Four – The Brain: A Secret History |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00xccs9 |access-date=2024-06-12 |website=BBC |language=en-GB |archive-date=26 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230326205221/https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00xccs9 |url-status=live }}</ref> |- | ''The Story of Science: Power, Proof and Passion'' || BBC Two || Six-part series.<ref>{{Cite web |title=BBC Two – The Story of Science: Power, Proof and Passion |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00s9mms |access-date=2024-06-12 |website=BBC |language=en-GB |archive-date=23 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231123011706/https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00s9mms |url-status=live }}</ref> |- | ''Pleasure and Pain'' || BBC One ||<ref>{{Cite web |title=BBC One – Pleasure and Pain with Michael Mosley |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00y377q |access-date=2024-06-12 |website=BBC |language=en-GB |archive-date=21 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240121151658/https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00y377q |url-status=live }}</ref> |- | ''The Young Ones'' || BBC One ||<ref>{{Cite web |title=BBC One – The Young Ones, The Science of The Young Ones |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00txwgq |access-date=2024-06-12 |website=BBC |language=en-GB |archive-date=8 March 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180308081450/http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00txwgq |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Tribute to Michael Mosley |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/statements/michael-mosley |access-date=2024-06-12 |website=www.bbc.co.uk |language=en |archive-date=10 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240610181400/https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/statements/michael-mosley |url-status=live }}</ref> |- | rowspan="3" | 2011 || ''Frontline Medicine'' || BBC Two ||<ref>{{cite web |title=Frontline Medicine |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b017ld7n |website=BBC Two |publisher=BBC |access-date=9 January 2022 |quote=Last on: Thu 24 Nov 2011; Michael Mosley travels from the frontline of war to the frontline of research to uncover the medical breakthroughs that are coming out of current conflicts |archive-date=9 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220109081659/https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b017ld7n |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="bbc-44615913">{{cite news |last1=Mosley |first1=Michael |author1-link=Michael Mosley (broadcaster) |title=Being back in the NHS 'reminded me of Afghanistan' |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/health-44615913 |access-date=9 January 2022 |work=BBC News |date=28 June 2018 |archive-date=9 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220109080631/https://www.bbc.com/news/health-44615913 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="MoD-UK-helmand-TV">{{cite web |author1=Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom) |title=TV programme showcases military medics' work in Helmand |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/news/tv-programme-showcases-military-medics-work-in-helmand |website=GOV.UK |access-date=9 January 2022 |language=en |date=18 November 2011 |archive-date=9 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220109080638/https://www.gov.uk/government/news/tv-programme-showcases-military-medics-work-in-helmand |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="tt2367061">{{cite web |title=Frontline Medicine (TV Series 2011) |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2367061/episodes?season=1 |website=IMDb |access-date=9 January 2022 |archive-date=9 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220109080631/https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2367061/episodes?season=1 |url-status=live }}</ref> |- | ''10 Things to You Need to Know About Losing Weight'' || BBC One ||<ref>{{Cite web |title=BBC One – 10 Things You Need to Know About Losing Weight |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00ksh7c |access-date=2024-06-12 |website=BBC |language=en-GB |archive-date=20 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231120200404/https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00ksh7c |url-status=live }}</ref> |- | ''Inside the Human Body'' || BBC One || Four-part series and a Best of Series episode.<ref>{{Cite web |title=BBC One – Inside the Human Body |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0110f51 |access-date=2024-06-12 |website=BBC |language=en-GB |archive-date=11 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240511082601/https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0110f51 |url-status=live }}</ref> |- | rowspan="3" | 2012 || ''Guts: The Strange and Mysterious World of the Human Stomach'' || BBC Four || Also referred to as ''Inside Michael Mosley''.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2012-07-10 |title=The second brain in our stomachs |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/health-18779997 |access-date=2024-06-12 |work=BBC News |language=en-GB |archive-date=17 April 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240417120540/https://www.bbc.com/news/health-18779997 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Guts: The Strange And Mysterious World Of The Human Stomach |url=https://www.bbc.com/mediacentre/proginfo/2012/28/bbc.com/mediacentre/proginfo/2012/28/guts-the-strange-and-mysterious-world-of-the-human-stomach/ |access-date=2024-06-12 |website=www.bbc.com |language=en}}</ref> |- | ''Eat, Fast and Live longer'' || BBC Two ||<ref>{{Cite web |title=BBC Two – Horizon, 2012–2013, Eat, Fast and Live Longer |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01lxyzc |access-date=2024-06-12 |website=BBC |language=en-GB |archive-date=30 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201030213141/https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01lxyzc |url-status=live }}</ref> |- | ''Truth About Exercise'' || BBC Two ||<ref>{{Cite web |date=2013-04-08 |title=The Truth About Exercise With Michael Mosley |url=https://www.kpbs.org/news/arts-culture/2013/04/08/truth-about-exercise-michael-mosley |access-date=2024-06-12 |website=KPBS Public Media |language=en |archive-date=24 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240224195350/https://www.kpbs.org/news/arts-culture/2013/04/08/truth-about-exercise-michael-mosley |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=BBC Two – Horizon, 2011–2012, The Truth about Exercise |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01cywtq |access-date=2024-06-12 |website=BBC |language=en-GB |archive-date=10 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240610110137/https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01cywtq |url-status=live }}</ref> |- | rowspan="5" | 2013 || ''The One Show'' || BBC One || Topical films about science.<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Sansome |first1=Jessica |last2=Leaver |first2=Joel |date=2024-06-11 |title=The One Show issues 'sad' message about Dr Michael Mosley after tragic death |url=https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/tv/one-show-issues-sad-message-29330911 |access-date=2024-06-12 |website=Manchester Evening News |language=en |archive-date=11 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240611080817/https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/tv/one-show-issues-sad-message-29330911 |url-status=live }}</ref> |- | ''Pain, Pus and Poison: The Search for Modern Medicines'' || BBC Four || Three-part series.<ref>{{Cite web |title=BBC Four – Pain, Pus and Poison: The Search for Modern Medicines |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01f51s5 |access-date=2024-06-12 |website=BBC |language=en-GB |archive-date=20 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231220070555/https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01f51s5 |url-status=live }}</ref> |- | ''Winter Viruses and How to Beat Them'' || BBC Two || Co-presented with Alice Roberts.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2013-01-25 |title=BBC Two – Winter Viruses and How to Beat Them, Vomiting Larry |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01483fq |access-date=2024-06-12 |website=BBC |language=en-GB |archive-date=25 July 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160725214403/http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01483fq |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Winter viruses and how to beat them. |url=https://wellcomecollection.org/works/ngk2c9ez |access-date=2024-06-12 |website=Wellcome Collection |language=en |archive-date=15 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231015131811/https://wellcomecollection.org/works/ngk2c9ez |url-status=live }}</ref> |- | ''The Genius of Invention'' || BBC Two || Four-part series. Co-presented with Mark Miodownik and Cassie Newland.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2013-01-25 |title=The Genius of Invention, BBC Two, review |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/9825359/The-Genius-of-Invention-BBC-Two-review.html |access-date=2024-06-12 |website=The Telegraph |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=BBC Two – The Genius of Invention |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01s72kz |access-date=2024-06-12 |website=BBC |language=en-GB |archive-date=27 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240327035520/https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01s72kz |url-status=live }}</ref> |- | ''The Truth About Personality'' || BBC Two || A Horizon (BBC TV series) documentary.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-06-12 |title=Bad Teacher worse on TV |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/bad-and-badder-from-film-to-tv/VQFI6JEREHS57VZIRM37BIULFQ/ |access-date=2024-06-12 |website=The New Zealand Herald |language=en-NZ}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=BBC Two – Horizon, 2012–2013, The Truth About Personality |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b036ypxw |access-date=2024-06-12 |website=BBC |language=en-GB |archive-date=24 July 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190724131927/https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b036ypxw |url-status=live }}</ref> |- | 2013–2020 || ''Trust Me, I'm a Doctor'' || BBC Two ||<ref name="bbctwo" /> |- | rowspan="2" | 2014 || ''Infested! Living with Parasites'' || BBC Four ||<ref>{{Cite web |title=Michael Mosley – Infested! Living with parasites |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/class-clips-video/articles/z7vgydm |access-date=2024-06-12 |website=BBC Teach |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=BBC Four – Infested! Living with Parasites |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03vrwj8 |access-date=2024-06-12 |website=BBC |language=en-GB |archive-date=9 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240609025614/https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03vrwj8 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Michael Mosley. Infested! Living with Parasites |url=https://library.uwosh.edu/streaming/streams/fod100060489 |access-date=2024-06-12 |website=UW Oshkosh Libraries |language=en-us |archive-date=12 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240612071056/https://library.uwosh.edu/streaming/streams/fod100060489 |url-status=live }}</ref> |- | ''Should I Eat Meat?'' || BBC Two || Total of two episodes as a part of Horizon 2014–2015 series.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Should I eat meat? 1/2 The big health dilemma. |url=https://wellcomecollection.org/works/zgbr625x |access-date=2024-06-12 |website=Wellcome Collection |language=en |archive-date=5 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231105040658/https://wellcomecollection.org/works/zgbr625x |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Crace |first=John |date=2014-08-18 |title=Horizon: Should I Eat Meat? – The Big Health Dilemma review: an incoherent message with inconclusive results |url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2014/aug/18/horizon-should-i-eat-meat-big-health-dilemma-tv-review-new-tricks |access-date=2024-06-12 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077 |archive-date=12 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240612071137/https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2014/aug/18/horizon-should-i-eat-meat-big-health-dilemma-tv-review-new-tricks |url-status=live }}</ref> |- | rowspan="4" | 2015 || ''Is Your Brain Male or Female'' || BBC Two || Episode 7 of Horizon 2014–2015 series.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2014-09-29 |title=Is your brain male or female? |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-29405467 |access-date=2024-06-12 |work=BBC News |language=en-GB |archive-date=5 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221205181457/http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-29405467 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2014-09-30 |title=Horizon: Is Your Brain Male or Female? BBC2 – TV review |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/reviews/horizon-is-your-brain-male-or-female-bbc2-tv-review-9763319.html |access-date=2024-06-12 |website=The Independent |language=en}}</ref> |- | ''Countdown to Life: the Extraordinary Making of You'' || BBC Two || Three-part series.<ref name="bbctwo">{{cite web |title=Michael Mosley |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/profiles/2kczjZKp8sGSDxSxKYzxsyr/michael-mosley |publisher=BBC |access-date=10 June 2024 |archive-date=10 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240610060842/https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/profiles/2kczjZKp8sGSDxSxKYzxsyr/michael-mosley |url-status=live }}</ref> |- | ''Are Health Tests Really a Good Idea?'' || BBC Two ||<ref>{{Cite news |last=Wollaston |first=Sam |date=2015-08-13 |title=Are Health Tests Really a Good Idea? review – a scientific look deep into Michael Mosley's future |url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2015/aug/13/are-health-tests-really-a-good-idea-review |access-date=2024-06-12 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077 |archive-date=12 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240612071139/https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2015/aug/13/are-health-tests-really-a-good-idea-review |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2015-08-10 |title=BBC Two – Horizon, 2014–2015, Are Health Tests Really A Good Idea?, What did doctors find up Michael Mosley's behind? |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p02z88f7 |access-date=2024-06-12 |website=BBC |language=en-GB |archive-date=11 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240611080217/https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p02z88f7 |url-status=live }}</ref> |- | ''The Wonderful World of Blood'' || BBC Four ||<ref>{{Citation |last=Budd |first=Nathan |title=The Wonderful World of Blood with Michael Mosley |date=2015-03-25 |type=Documentary |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4556638/ |access-date=2025-02-02 |others=Michael Mosley, Daniel Martin, Ned Gilbert-Kawai |publisher=British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=BBC Four - The Wonderful World of Blood - with Michael Mosley |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b05nyyhf |access-date=2025-02-02 |website=BBC |language=en-GB}}</ref> |- | rowspan="3" | 2016 || ''E-Cigarettes: Miracle or Menace?'' || BBC Two ||<ref>{{Cite web |title=BBC Two – Horizon, 2016, E-Cigarettes: Miracle or Menace? |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b07c6ll4 |access-date=2024-06-12 |website=BBC |language=en-GB |archive-date=23 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231223053745/https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b07c6ll4 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2016-05-20 |title=Viewpoint: Are e-cigarettes really a menace? |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-36338280 |access-date=2024-06-12 |work=BBC News |language=en-GB |archive-date=5 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230605203216/https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-36338280 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Mosley |first=Dr Michael |date=2024-06-12 |title=Michael Mosley: Smoke and mirrors: the truth about vaping |url=https://www.thetimes.com/life-style/health-fitness/article/smoke-and-mirrors-the-truth-about-vaping-nmpf3przr |access-date=2024-06-12 |website=www.thetimes.com |language=en |archive-date=11 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240611083645/https://www.thetimes.com/life-style/health-fitness/article/smoke-and-mirrors-the-truth-about-vaping-nmpf3przr |url-status=live }}</ref> |- | ''Inside Porton Down: Britain's Secret Weapons Research Facility'' || BBC Four ||<ref name="auto1"/><ref name="auto"/><ref name="auto2"/> |- | ''The Victorian Slum'' || BBC Two || Five-part series.<ref>{{Citation |title=The Victorian Slum |date=2016-10-10 |type=Documentary, History, Reality-TV |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6247068/ |access-date=2025-02-02 |others=Michael Mosley |publisher=Wall to Wall Media}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=BBC Two - The Victorian Slum |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b07zd454 |access-date=2025-02-02 |website=BBC |language=en-GB}}</ref> |- | rowspan="2" | 2017 || ''Meet the Humans'' || BBC Earth || Five-part series.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nst.com.my/lifestyle/groove/2017/06/250453/big-brother-meets-lab-rats | work=New Straits Times | title=Big Brother meets lab rats | date=19 June 2017 | access-date=7 September 2017 | archive-date=7 September 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170907214217/https://www.nst.com.my/lifestyle/groove/2017/06/250453/big-brother-meets-lab-rats | url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/worldwide/2017/sophia | work=BBC Media Centre | title=BBC Earth partners with humanoid robot 'Sophia' to explain what it means to be human | date=24 May 2017 | access-date=23 December 2019 | archive-date=5 June 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180605010220/http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/worldwide/2017/sophia | url-status=live }}</ref> |- | ''The Secrets of Your Food'' || BBC Two || Three-part series. Co-presented with James Wong.<ref>{{Citation |title=The Secrets of Your Food |date=2017-02-24 |type=Documentary |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8225556/ |access-date=2025-02-02 |others=Michael Mosley, James Wong |publisher=BBC Studios}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=BBC Two - The Secrets of Your Food |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08gj4rq |access-date=2025-02-02 |website=BBC |language=en-GB}}</ref> |- | rowspan="3" | 2021 || ''21 Day Body Turnaround with Michael Mosley'' || Channel 4 || Three-part series.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.channel4.com/programmes/21-day-body-turnaround-with-michael-mosley|title=21 Day Body Turnaround with Michael Mosley|website=Channel 4|access-date=25 May 2021|archive-date=25 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210525075450/https://www.channel4.com/programmes/21-day-body-turnaround-with-michael-mosley|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Mosley |first1=Michael |title=21 Day Body Turnaround with Michael Mosley |url=https://thefast800.com/21-day-body-turnaround-with-michael-mosley/ |website=The Fast 800 |date=27 May 2021 |quote=Dr Michael Mosley's new, three part show, 21 Day Body Turnaround with Michael Mosley, starts on Thursday 27th May on Channel 4. |access-date=9 January 2022 |archive-date=9 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220109095833/https://thefast800.com/21-day-body-turnaround-with-michael-mosley/ |url-status=live }}</ref> |- | ''Lose a Stone in 21 Days with Michael Mosley'' || Channel 4 || Three-part series. |- | ''Australia's Health Revolution'' || SBS || Three-part series tackling type 2 diabetes in Australia.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sbs.com.au/programs/australias-health-revolution-with-dr-michael-mosley|title=Australia's Health Revolution with Dr Michael Mosley|website=www.sbs.com.au|access-date=12 October 2021|archive-date=13 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211013082230/https://www.sbs.com.au/programs/australias-health-revolution-with-dr-michael-mosley|url-status=live}}</ref> |- | rowspan="2" | 2022 || ''Michael Mosley: Who Made Britain Fat?'' || Channel 4 || Two-part series.<ref>{{cite press release |url=https://www.channel4.com/press/news/channel-4-investigates-why-britain-losing-battle-obesity|title=Channel 4 investigates why Britain is losing the battle with obesity |website=Channel 4 |access-date=14 September 2024 |archive-date=26 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220226110441/https://www.channel4.com/press/news/channel-4-investigates-why-britain-losing-battle-obesity |url-status=live}}</ref> |- | ''Horizon: How to Sleep Well'' || BBC Two ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/10wh9mPTwTT740bz74MnY33/the-uk-sleep-census|title=The UK Sleep Census|website=bbc.co.uk|access-date=1 April 2021|archive-date=31 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210331011920/https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/10wh9mPTwTT740bz74MnY33/the-uk-sleep-census|url-status=live}}</ref> |- | 2023 || ''Secrets of the Superagers'' || SBS || Six-part series. |- | rowspan="5" | 2024 || ''Australia's Sleep Revolution'' || SBS || Three part series. In partnership with Flinders University.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.sbs.com.au/whats-on/article/australias-sleep-revolution-looks-at-whats-keeping-so-many-of-us-up-at-night/7s5hbewrg |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240610074830/https://www.sbs.com.au/whats-on/article/australias-sleep-revolution-looks-at-whats-keeping-so-many-of-us-up-at-night/7s5hbewrg |title='Australia's Sleep Revolution' looks at what's keeping so many of us up at night |archive-date=10 June 2024 |url-status=live |access-date=10 June 2024 |work=SBS News |date=5 March 2024 |first=Kate |last=Myers}}</ref> |- | ''Michael Mosley: Secrets of Your Big Shop'' || Channel 4 || Four-part series.<ref>{{cite press release|url=https://www.channel4.com/press/news/dr-michael-mosley-front-secrets-big-shop-channel-4|title=Dr Michael Mosley to front The Secrets of The Big Shop for Channel 4|work=Channel 4 Press|access-date=10 June 2024|archive-date=10 June 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240610075634/https://www.channel4.com/press/news/dr-michael-mosley-front-secrets-big-shop-channel-4|url-status=live|date=13 July 2023}}</ref> |- | ''Michael Mosley: Wonders of the Human Body'' || Channel 5 || Three-part series.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.radiotimes.com/programme/b-trdsf5/michael-mosley-wonders-of-the-human-body-season-1/?episode=b-yudkh8|title=Michael Mosley: Wonders of the Human Body|website=radiotimes.com|access-date=18 August 2024}}</ref> Mosley's final TV series.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.express.co.uk/showbiz/tv-radio/1933764/michael-mosleys-final-show-airs|title=Michael Mosley's Final Show Airs With Sweet Tribute From Wife Weeks After Tragic Death|website=express.co.uk|date=8 August 2024 |access-date=18 August 2024}}</ref>{{unreliable source?|date=August 2024}} |- | ''Just One Thing''|| BBC One || Two-part series.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/2024/michael-mosley-just-one-thing-series-honouring-late-broadcaster|title=New two-part series Michael Mosley - Just One Thing to honour the legacy of the late broadcaster|website=bbc.co.uk/mediacentre|access-date=7 October 2024}}</ref> Televised adaptation of Mosley's BBC Radio 4 series ''Just One Thing''.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Knox |first1=David |title=UK broadcaster undecided over unaired Mosley series |url=https://tvtonight.com.au/2024/06/uk-broadcaster-undecided-over-unaired-mosley-series.html |website=TVTonight |access-date=13 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240613152222/https://tvtonight.com.au/2024/06/uk-broadcaster-undecided-over-unaired-mosley-series.html |archive-date=13 June 2024 |date=12 June 2024}}</ref> |- | ''Michael Mosley: The Doctor Who Changed Britain'' || BBC One || Posthumous appearance. Narrated by Hannah Fry.<ref>{{Cite web |title=BBC One - Michael Mosley: The Doctor Who Changed Britain |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0020k8h |access-date=2025-02-05 |website=BBC |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Citation |last=Fry |first=Hannah |title=Michael Mosley: The Doctor Who Changed Britain |date=2024-07-03 |type=Documentary, Short, Biography |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt32828694/ |access-date=2025-02-05 |others=Hannah Fry, Michael Mosley |publisher=BBC Television}}</ref> |}
==Radio== {| class="wikitable " |- ! Year ! Title ! Channel ! Notes |- | 2021–2024 || ''Just One Thing'' || BBC Radio 4 || 105 15-minute episodes<ref name=jot /> |}
== See also == * List of solved missing person cases (post-2000)
== Selected publications == {{Incomplete list|date=June 2024}} * {{cite book |last1=Mosley |first1=Michael |author2-link=Mimi Spencer |last2=Spencer |first2=Mimi |title=The Fast Diet: The Secret of Intermittent Fasting – Lose Weight, Stay Healthy, Live Longer |date=2013 |publisher=Short Books |location=London |isbn=9781780721675}} * {{cite book |last1=Mosley |first1=Michael |last2=Bee |first2=Peta |title=Fast Exercise: The Smart Route to Health and Fitness |date=2013 |publisher=Short Books |location=London |isbn=9781780721989 |oclc=862761007}} * {{cite book |last1=Mosley |first1=Michael |author2-link=Mimi Spencer |last2=Spencer |first2=Mimi |title=The FastLife: Lose Weight, Stay Healthy, and Live Longer with the Simple Secrets of Intermittent Fasting and High-Intensity Training |date=2015 |publisher=Atria Books |location=New York |isbn=9781501127984 |oclc=922597339}} * {{cite book |last1=Mosley |first1=Michael |title=The 8-Week Blood Sugar Diet: How to Beat Diabetes Fast (and Stay Off Medication) |date=2016 |publisher=Atria Books |location=New York |isbn=9781501111242 |edition=First |oclc=946536100}} * {{cite book |last1=Mosley |first1=Michael |title=The Clever Gut Diet |date=2017 |publisher=Atria Books |location=New York |isbn=9781501172748 |edition=First |oclc=1090297589}} * {{cite book |last1=Mosley |first1=Michael |title=The Fast800 Diet: Discover the Ideal Fasting Formula to Shed Pounds, Fight Disease, and Boost Your Overall Health |date=2019 |publisher=Atria Books |location=New York |isbn=978-1-9821-0689-8 |edition=First |oclc=1127182027}} * {{cite book |last1=Mosley |first1=Michael |title=Fast Asleep: Improve Brain Function, Lose Weight, Boost Your Mood, Reduce Stress, and Become a Better Sleeper |date=2020 |publisher=Atria Books |location=New York |isbn=9781982106928 |edition=First |oclc=1181841827}} * {{cite book |last1=Mosley |first1=Michael |title=COVID-19: Everything You Need to Know about the Coronavirus and the Race for the Vaccine |date=2020 |publisher=Atria Books |location=New York |isbn=9781982164744 |edition=First |oclc=1156472581}} * {{cite book |last1=Mosley |first1=Michael |title=The Fast 800 Keto: Eat Well, Burn Fat, Manage Your Weight Long Term |date=2021 |publisher=Short Books |isbn=9781780725024 |edition=First}} * {{cite book |last=Mosley|first=Michael|title=Just One Thing: How simple changes can transform your life|publisher=Short Books|date=2022|edition=hardback|isbn=9781780725512}}<ref>{{cite book|url=https://www.octopusbooks.co.uk/titles/dr-michael-mosley/just-one-thing/9781780725512/|title=Just One Thing by Dr Michael Mosley|date=16 April 2023 |publisher=Octopus|isbn=978-1-78072-551-2 |access-date=9 June 2024|archive-date=9 June 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240609142526/https://www.octopusbooks.co.uk/titles/dr-michael-mosley/just-one-thing/9781780725512/|url-status=live}}</ref>
== References == {{Reflist}}
== External links == * {{Official website|https://michaelmosley.co.uk/}} * {{IMDb name|608839}}
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