Dr Michael Mosley is one of Britain’s best-known doctors, who rose to fame with television appearances and a series of best-selling diet books.
Born in Calcutta, India, he attended boarding school in England before studying PPE at Oxford. Dr Mosley attempted to work as an investment banker before retraining as a doctor.
He studied medicine at the Royal Free Hospital in London before joining the BBC as a trainee production assistant.
Dr. Mosley made a series of science and history documentaries for 25 years and became a presenter and executive producer for the corporation.
In his journalistic career he has worked alongside the likes of John Cleese, Jeremy Clarkson, Professor Robert Winston and Sir David Attenborough.
Dr Michael Mosley (pictured) is one of Britain’s best-known doctors, who rose to fame with television appearances and a series of best-selling diet books.
Dr Mosley (pictured) was born in Calcutta, India, and attended boarding school in England before studying PPE at Oxford.
Dr Mosley married Clare (pictured together) in 1987, after meeting at medical school, and they have four children together.
He devised and executive produced three of the most popular science and history programs of the last decade: Pompeii – The Last Day, Supervolcano and Krakatoa.
He also works as a presenter on Trust Me, I’m A Doctor on BBC 2. In addition to his on-screen work, Dr Mosley is well known for his dietary advice after publishing highly successful plans such as The Fast 800 and the 5: 2 Diet.
He is a leading proponent of intermittent fasting, low-carb and ketogenic diets.
The dietician also published a book about using diet to improve sleep, called Fast Asleep, after revealing he suffered from chronic insomnia.
Dr Mosley appears regularly on his Just One Thing podcast and the BBC’s The One Show.
His latest book, The 8-Week Blood Sugar Diet, was published in December 2015 and became an international bestseller.
Dr Mosley is well known for his health advice, particularly on fasting, diet and sleep, and is one of the most trusted and authoritative medical voices in the British media and around the world.
Dr Mosley’s wife, Dr Clare Bailey, is a GP and also a Mail columnist.
Michael Mosley with his wife Clare Bailey in Buckinghamshire in June 2013
He has won numerous awards, including being named Medical Journalist of the Year by the British Medical Association in 1995.
As well as having a column in the Daily Mail, Dr Mosley writes for The Mail on Sunday, The Times and The Independent. He is a regular columnist for Focus magazine and Eureka.
He married Clare Bailey in 1987, after meeting at medical school, and they have four children together. Dr Mosley and his wife, who is also a Mail columnist, have just completed a national tour together called: “Eat well, sleep better, live longer.”