Michael Mosley (broadcaster)

Michael Mosley
Born (1957-03-22) 22 March 1957
Calcutta, India
Nationality British
Alma mater New College, Oxford
Occupation Television journalist, producer
Spouse(s)
Clare Bailey (m. 1987)
Children 4

Michael Mosley (born 22 March 1957) is a British television journalist, producer and presenter who has worked for the BBC since 1985. He is probably best known as a presenter of television programmes on biology and medicine and his regular appearances on The One Show.

Early life

Born in Calcutta, India, the son of a bank director,[1] Mosley studied Philosophy, Politics and Economics at New College, Oxford, 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, studying at the Royal Free Hospital Medical School, now part of UCL Medical School.[2]

Career

Upon graduation, having become disillusioned by psychiatry, Mosley joined a trainee assistant producer scheme at the BBC in 1985.[2]

He produced a number of science programmes, including The Human Face, three series with Professor Robert Winston, and the 2004 BBC Two engineering series Inventions That Changed the World hosted by Jeremy Clarkson.[3]

He presented Blood and Guts, Medical Mavericks and The Story of Science for television, and was the subject of a television documentary, 10 Things You Need to Know about Losing Weight. He presented Make Me for BBC One. In April–June 2010 he produced and presented the television series The Story of Science: Power, Proof and Passion broadcast by BBC Two.

In 2011 he made a series entitled The Brain: A Secret History, on the history of psychology and neuroscience. During the series, while studying the methods that are being employed to identify the brain structure of psychopaths, his personal tests revealed he himself shared these same brain traits.[4] In the same year, he made a two-part documentary, Frontline Medicine with episodes called "Survival" and "Rebuilding Lives". These programmes focused on the medical advances in the treatment of military personnel during the 10 years of war in Iraq and Afghanistan and examine how these new techniques are being utilised in emergency medicine for civilian casualties in the United States and Great Britain.

His documentary The Truth About Exercise, shown first in 2012, aired current thinking about 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 (VO2 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 Professor James Timmons.[5]

In August 2012 he was credited with popularising the 5:2 diet, after appearing in the BBC2 Horizon documentary Eat, Fast & Live Longer.[6] In January 2013, he presented The Genius of Invention. In the documentary named The Truth About Personality,[7] first aired on 10 July 2013, Mosley explores what science can tell us about optimism and pessimism and whether we can change our outlook.[8][9]

Year Title Channel Notes
2017Meet the HumansBBC EarthFive-part series.[10][11]
2016Inside Porton Down: Britain's Secret Weapons Research FacilityBBC Four
2016E-Cigarettes: Miracle or Menace?BBC Two
2015Are Health Tests Really a Good Idea?BBC Two
2015Countdown to Life: the Extraordinary Making of YouBBC TwoThree-part series.
2014Should I Eat Meat?BBC TwoTotal of two episodes as a part of Horizon 2014-2015 series.
2014Infested! Living with ParasitesBBC Four
2013–presentTrust Me, I'm a DoctorBBC Two
2013The Truth About PersonalityBBC TwoA Horizon (BBC TV series) documentary.
2013The Genius of InventionBBC TwoFour-part series between 24 January and 14 February. Co-presented with Mark Miodownik and Cassie Newland.
2013Winter Viruses and How to Beat ThemBBC TwoCo presented with Alice Roberts.
2013Pain, Pus and Poison: The Search for Modern MedicinesBBC FourThree-part series.
2013The Truth About...BBC Two
2013Horizon SpecialsBBC Two
2013One ShowBBC OneTopical films about science.
2012Truth about ExerciseBBC Two
2012Eat, Fast and Live longerBBC Two
2012Guts: The Strange and Mysterious World of the Human Stomach BBC FourAlso referred to as Inside Michael Mosley.
2011Inside the Human BodyBBC OneFour-part series and a Best of Series episode.
2011Ten Things about Weight LossBBC One
2011Frontline MedicineBBC Two
2010The Young OnesBBC One
2010Pleasure and PainBBC One
2010The Story of Science: Power, Proof and PassionBBC TwoSix-part series.
2010The Brain - A Secret HistoryBBC Four
2009Make MeBBC One
2008Blood and GutsBBC Two
2007Medical MavericksBBC Four

Awards and honours

He was nominated for an Emmy and BAFTA for his Horizon documentary reporting the link between Helicobacter pylori and gastric ulcers discovered by Australian scientists, Robin Warren and Barry Marshall. He was named Medical Journalist of the Year in 1995 by the British Medical Association.[2]

Personal life

In a BBC documentary on sleep, Mosley revealed he has chronic insomnia.[12]

References

  1. ↑ Murfitt, Nikki (14 February 2009). "Both these men are 51, but one follows a restricted diet in the hope of staying young. Has he been wasting his time?". Daily Mail. Retrieved 2011-02-12.
  2. 1 2 3 Beth, Chapman (27 March 2004). "From finance to medicine to the media". BMJ Careers. BMJ Group. Retrieved 2011-01-11.
  3. ↑ Inventions That Changed the World
  4. ↑ "I'm a psychopath! BBC presenter Michael Mosley's shocking discovery thanks to a revolutionary brain scan". Daily Mail. London.
  5. ↑ "Short fast sprints 'cut' diabetes". BBC News. 28 January 2009.
  6. ↑ BBC - Horizon, 2012-2013, Eat, Fast and Live Longer
  7. ↑ BBC Documenary Film The Truth About Personality - YouTube
  8. ↑ "Can science explain why I'm a pessimist?". BBC News. 10 July 2013.
  9. ↑ BBC Two - Horizon, 2012-2013, The Truth About Personality
  10. ↑ "Big Brother meets lab rats". New Straits Times. 19 June 2017.
  11. ↑ "BBC Earth partners with humanoid robot 'Sophia' to explain what it means to be human". BBC Media Centre. 24 May 2017.
  12. ↑ https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b08q8p13/the-truth-about-13-sleep
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