Michael Mosley’s ‘genius’ remembered in BBC tribute programmes

Paying tribute in the introduction to the posthumous broadcast, Van Tulleken said: “Michael’s genius was to make himself the patient in a way that’s utterly relatable.”

Van Tulleken, who worked with Mosley on the BBC’s Trust Me, I’m A Doctor series, referred to his colleague deliberately infecting himself with a tapeworm and having a camera inserted to examine his bowel.

In the special edition of Just One Thing, Mosley was in conversation with Paul Bloom, professor emeritus of psychology and cognitive science at Yale University.

Discussing tips for leading a better life, Mosley said it was a challenge to have a cold shower “despite the fact I know I’ll feel better afterwards”.

He told the audience at Hay that “it’s always followed by a lot of screaming” and he got through it by “singing loudly, which my wife really hates”.

Mosley also spoke about meditation and mindfulness, and admitted that even though he told other people to do it, “the reality is I don’t really do it”.

“I mean to do it, and I have long conversations with my wife about it, but somehow we never get round to it,” he confessed.