Michael Mosley’s legacy is going to live on, says fellow TV doctor as final interview airs

Michael Mosley's 'legacy is going to live on’, says fellow TV doctor as final interview airsSource: BBC Sounds

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00:00Before Michael, doctors in white coats told you how to live from their ivory towers,

00:05Michael's genius was to make himself the patient and the guinea pig, in a way that's utterly

00:10relatable. We'll never forget him infecting himself with a tapeworm or having a camera

00:16put up his back passage, all for our benefit. And he is the reason that so many programs on

00:22radio and television have adopted this style. He's the reason that I've adopted this style.

00:28Off camera and off mic, he was the same, humble, kind and above all generous.

00:33And that generosity set the tone in the BBC Science Unit in a way that meant everyone who

00:38worked there became friends and collaborators rather than competitors. For me, these friendships

00:46have endured for well over a decade. Michael's death has moved so many of us. So really,

00:52I'm speaking for lots of television and audio presenters and producers.

00:57His legacy is going to live on in our memories. Every time we brush our teeth standing on one

01:02leg, we fast a little longer between meals, we build up our strength with squats or do any one

01:08of the other hundreds of tricks that he taught us. I'll miss him as a friend and as a mentor,

01:14but perhaps most of all, I'll miss him as a broadcaster.