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BBC to air TV documentary about how Michael Mosley 'changed Britain' and a Radio 4 programme containing his last ever interview to celebrate the late health guru's career


The BBC will air two special programmes to pay tribute to the Mail's Dr Michael Mosley following his tragic death on the Greek island of Symi.

Michael Mosley - The Doctor Who Changed Britain, which will air on Friday at 8pm on BBC One will look at his almost four decades of broadcasting and how he how he transformed people's lives and was an executive producer following him working on the shows Pompeii - The Last Day; Krakatoa Revealed; Life Before Birth, and Supervolcano. '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. Dr Mosley 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.

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