MICHAEL MOSLEY
1957-2024
Journalist, science presenter & Author
Michael studied PPE at Oxford and then became an investment banker…before realising that this really wasn’t the industry for him…so he retrained as a doctor. After studying medicine at the Royal Free Hospital in London and qualifying as a doctor…he realised that this wasn’t really the industry for him either!
Michael joined the BBC as a trainee assistant producer and over the ensuing years has made
numerous science and history documentaries for the BBC, first behind the camera and more recently as a presenter.
He was executive producer of Q.E.D., Trust Me I’m a Doctor and Superhuman. He has worked with John Cleese, Jeremy Clarkson, Professor Robert Winston, Sir David Attenborough and Professor Alice Roberts. He devised and executive-produced three of the most popular science and history programmes of the last decade: Pompeii- the last day, Supervolcano and Krakatoa. He has also made a number of business programmes including, Trouble at the Top and Back to the Floor.
Michael has presented many series for the BBC including, Medical Mavericks; Blood and Guts; Inside Michael Mosley; Science Story; The Young Ones; Inside the Human Body; Eat, Fast Live Longer; The Truth about Exercise; Pain, Pus & Poison; The Genius of Invention and Life On The Ward.
In 2021 he presented Diagnosis Detectives on BBC Two, as well as How to Keep a Healthy Weight on Channel 4. Michael most recently explored issues around the obesity crisis in the UK, in Channel 4’s Michael Mosley: Who Made Britain Fat? (2022). His smash-hit BBC podcast Just One Thing regularly tops the Apple Health and Fitness Podcast Charts and is currently the the #1 most played podcast on BBC Sounds so far in 2024.
Following the extraordinary interest in and success of Eat, Fast & Live Longer, Michael co-authored a book called The Fast Diet with Evening Standard journalist Mimi Spencer. The Fast Diet was published by Short Books in February 2013. Michael has written a number of international bestsellers since, including The Clever Guts Diet and The Fast 800. Based on his popular podcast, his latest book, Just One Thing, was published in 2022 and was a Sunday Times Bestseller.
He has won numerous awards, including being named Medical Journalist of the Year by the British Medical Association in 1995.
Michael was a regular columnist for the Daily Mail having previously written for The Times and The Independent, as well as magazines, Focus and Eureka.
He did a lot of his recent work with his wife, Dr Clare Bailey, by his side. They had four lovely children together.
Michael had an incredible career, he was loved by many and has left behind an inspirational legacy.
He will be missed dearly by his family, friends, colleagues and those that admired his work from afar.
CREDITS
TV
Michael Mosley: Secrets of your big shop 2024, (Channel 4)
Who Made Britain Fat?, 2022 (Channel 4)
How to Sleep Well with Michael Mosley, 2022 (BBC Two)
21 Day Body Turnaround, 2021 (Channel 4)
How to Keep a Healthy Weight, 2021 (Channel 4)
The Diagnosis Detectives, 2020 (BBC Two)
The Truth About Cosmetic Treatments, 2020 (BBC One)
Lose a stone in 21 days with Michael Mosley, 2020 (Channel 4)
Horizon: Addicted to Painkillers? Britain’s Opioid Crisis, 2020 (BBC Two)
Trust Me, I”m A Doctor S9, 2020 (BBC Two)
Australia’s Health Revolution with Dr Michael Mosley, 2020 (SBS)
The Junk Food Experiment, 2019, (ITV)
Trust Me, I’m A Doctor S8, 2018, (BBC Two)
Trust Me, I’m A Doctor S7, 2018, (BBC Two)
Horizon: The Placebo Experiment – Can My Brain Cure My Body?, 2018, (BBC Two)
Life On The Ward, 2018, (BBC One)
The Truth About Getting Fit, 2018, (BBC One)
The Truth About Sleep, 2017, (BBC One)
Meet the Humans, 2017, (BBC Earth)
The Secrets of Your Food, 2017, (BBC Two)
Trust Me I’m A Doctor S6, 2017, (BBC Two)
Inside Porton Down: Britain’s Secret Weapons Research Facility, 2016, (BBC Four)
E-Cigarettes: Miracle or Menace?, 2016, (BBC Two)
The Victorian Slum, 2016, (BBC Two)
Trust Me I’m A Doctor: Summer Special S5, 2016, (BBC Two)
Trust Me I’m A Doctor S4, 2016, (BBC Two)
Are Health Tests Really a Good Idea, 2015, (BBC Two)
Countdown to Life: the Extraordinary Making of You, 2015, (BBC Two)
Should I Eat Meat?, 2015, (BBC Two)
Should I Eat Meat?, 2014, (BBC Two)
Infested! Living with Parasites, 2014, (BBC 4)
Trust Me I’m A Doctor S3, 2015, (BBC Two)
Trust Me I’m A Doctor S2, 2014, (BBC Two)
The Genius of Invention, 2013, (BBC Two)
Horizon: Mindfulness, 2013, (BBC Two)
Puss, Pain & Poison, 2013, (BBC Four)
Trust Me I’m A Doctor S1, 2013, (BBC Two)
The One Show (Science reporter), 2009 to date, (BBC One)
Winter Viruses and How To Beat Them, 2013, (BBC Two)
The Genius of Invention, 2013, (BBC Two)
Horizon: The Truth About Exercise, 2012, (BBC Two)
Horizon: Eat, Fast, & Live Longer, 2012, (BBC Two)
Inside the Human Body, 2011, (BBC One)
Ten Things You Never Knew, 2011, (BBC One)
Frontline Medicine, 2011, (BBC Two)
The Young Ones, 2010, (BBC One)
Pleasure and Pain, 2010, (BBC One)
Science Story, 2010, (BBC Two)
The Brain – a secret history, 2010, (BBC Four)
Make Me, 2009, (BBC One)
Blood and Guts, 2009, (BBC Two)
Medical Mavericks, 2009, (BBC Four)
Podcasts
Just One Long Thing Special BBC podcasts (2024)
Stay Young, BBC Podcasts (2023)
Just One Thing, BBC Podcasts (2021 – Present)
Books
Just One Thing, Short Books, 2022
The Fast 800 Keto Recipe Book, Short Books, 2022
Covid-19: What you need to know about the Coronavirus, Short Books, 2020
Fast Asleep, Short Books, 2020
The Fast 800 Health Journal, Short Books, 2019
The Fast 800 Diet, Simon and Schuster, 2019
The Fast 800, Short Books, 2018
The Clever Guts Diet, Shorts Books, 2017
The 8-Week Blood Sugar Diet, Shorts Books, 2015
Fast Exercise, Shorts Books, 2013
The Fast Diet, Faber & Faber, 2013
Tours
Michael Mosley Tour 2019, (UK)
Australia’s Health Revolution , 2021, (Aus)
Eat (Well), Sleep (Better), Live (Longer) , 2024, (UK)
Personal awards
Medical Journalist of the Year by the British Medical Association, 1995
Television awards
EMMY nominated series with John Cleese and Liz Hurley, The Human Face, 2001
EMMY award winning series with Sir David Attenborough, Are We Changing Planet Earth