The first time I met Michael Mosley was at a BBC summer party. The very first Horizon documentary I presented had just aired, which qualified me for an invite. I knew literally no one at the party, particularly as many of the attendees were household names, so I was just a little star-struck and intimidated, and ended up quietly people-watching at the bar while nursing a drink. It was at this point that Michael came up to me.
“Hi, I’m Michael Mosley,” he said. He needn’t have introduced himself – of course I knew who he was! We started talking and ended up hanging out for much of the evening. It was only a year later, when I got the Trust Me, I’m a Doctor gig, that I began working with Michael. But that first meeting always stayed with me; he didn’t know me from Adam, but noted the newbie at the party and made me feel welcome.
Michael’s career as a producer, broadcaster and author spanned more than four decades, many of those years were spent with the BBC. As a consequence, he has left a great legacy and in the process created a new genre of science presenting: the self-experimenting presenter.