Michael Mosley (broadcaster)
Michael Mosley | |
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Born |
Kolkata, India | March 22, 1957
Nationality | British |
Alma mater | New College, Oxford |
Occupation | journalist, producer |
Spouse(s) | Clare |
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 Kolkata, 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
Becoming disillusioned by psychiatry, Mosley upon graduation 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 popularizing 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 |
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2016 | Inside Porton Down: Britain's Secret Weapons Research Facility | BBC Four | |
2016 | E-Cigarettes: Miracle or Menace? | BBC Two | |
2015 | Are Health Tests Really a Good Idea? | BBC Two | |
2015 | Countdown to Life: the Extraordinary Making of You | BBC Two | Three-part series. |
2015 | Trust Me, I'm a Doctor | BBC Two | Three-part series. |
2014-2015 | Should I Eat Meat? | BBC Two | Two-part series. |
2014 | Infested! Living with Parasites | BBC Four | |
2013 | The Truth About Personality | BBC Two | A Horizon (BBC TV series) documentary. |
2013 | The Genius of Invention | BBC Two | Four-part series between 24 January and 14 February. Co-presented with Mark Miodownik and Cassie Newland. |
2013 | Winter Viruses and How to Beat Them | BBC Two | Co presented with Alice Roberts. |
2013 | Pain, Pus and Poison: The Search for Modern Medicines | BBC Four | Three-part series. |
2013 | The Truth About... | BBC Two | |
2013 | Horizon Specials | BBC Two | |
2013 | One Show | BBC One | Topical films about science. |
2012 | Truth about Exercise | BBC Two | |
2012 | Eat, Fast and Live longer | BBC Two | |
2012 | Guts: The Strange and Mysterious World of the Human Stomach | BBC Four | Also referred to as Inside Michael Mosley. |
2011 | Inside the Human Body | BBC One | Four-part series and a Best of Series episode. |
2011 | Ten Things about Weight Loss | BBC One | |
2011 | Frontline Medicine | BBC Two | |
2010 | The Young Ones | BBC One | |
2010 | Pleasure and Pain | BBC One | |
2010 | The Story of Science: Power, Proof and Passion | BBC Two | Six-part series. |
2010 | The Brain - A Secret History | BBC Four | |
2009 | Make Me | BBC One | |
2008 | Blood and Guts | BBC Two | |
2007 | Medical Mavericks | BBC 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]
References
- ↑ 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. London. Retrieved 2011-02-12.
- 1 2 3 Beth, Chapman (27 March 2004). "From finance to medicine to the media". BMJ Careers. BMJ Group. Retrieved 2011-01-11.
- ↑ Inventions That Changed the World
- ↑ "I'm a psychopath! BBC presenter Michael Mosley's shocking discovery thanks to a revolutionary brain scan". Daily Mail. London.
- ↑ "Short fast sprints 'cut' diabetes". BBC News. 28 January 2009.
- ↑ BBC - Horizon, 2012-2013, Eat, Fast and Live Longer
- ↑ BBC Documenary Film The Truth About Personality - YouTube
- ↑ "Can science explain why I'm a pessimist?". BBC News. 10 July 2013.
- ↑ BBC Two - Horizon, 2012-2013, The Truth About Personality
External links
- Michael Mosley at the Internet Movie Database
- Profile at JLA agency
- Michael Mosley on the Eden channel website
- Michael Mosley on the BBC One Show website