Key points
- A body believed to be that of missing Michael Mosley has been found.
- The British doctor and journalist was on holiday with his wife on the remote Greek island of Symi.
- His disappearance had sparked an extensive rescue mission on the island.
A body believed to be that of missing Michael Mosley, the British doctor, journalist and presenter known for popularising intermittent fasting, has been found on a Greek island on Sunday morning, a police spokesman says.
Speaking on condition of anonymity because of an ongoing investigation, the spokesman said the body was found on a rocky coast by a private boat and that formal identification was pending.
afternoon after reportedly leaving a beach to go for a walk.
Volunteers, emergency workers and local residents continued to search a mountainous part of the island on Saturday.
CCTV footage from a house at the edge of the village of Pedi had showed the presenter walking towards a mountain path at about 2pm local time on Wednesday. New footage released on Saturday also appeared to show Mosley walking unimpeded with an umbrella near to the marina.
The mayor of Symi, Eleftherios Papakaloudoukas, had previously vowed to continue the extensive search operation until he was found.
The mayor said the area where Mosley is believed to have travelled through is “difficult to pass” and is “only rocks”, as well as being populated by “loads” of snakes.
Symi is a 16km wide, sparsely populated rocky island home to 2,500 residents. The island is located on the eastern side of the Aegean Sea and about 6.5km from Türkiye.
epa11396357 A view showing the path that leads from the beach of Agios Nikolaos to the settlement of Pedi, in Simi island, Greece, 07 June 2024. Search efforts are in full progress, including investigations into the disappearance of the well-known British broadcaster Michael Mosley, on the island of Symi, whose traces have been missing since noon of 05 June. Source: AAP / Damianidis Lefteris/EPA
Who is Michael Mosley?
Michael Mosley has been a regular fixture on television and radio since graduating from medical school and joining the BBC in 1985.
He has made several documentaries around diet, exercise and sleep, including the BBC series Trust Me, I’m a Doctor. He is also a columnist for the Daily Mail.
Mosley popularised the 5:2 diet, which involves intermittent fasting for two days a week to lose weight.
Michael Mosley was on holiday with his wife on the remote Greek island. Source: AAP / Supplied
The father of four is well known to Australian audiences, having recently opened up about his decades of insomnia as host of SBS’ Australia’s Sleep Revolution.
The program looked at a world-first sleep treatment program in Adelaide, with Mosley and 30 other people diagnosed with sleep disorders as they undertook the eight-week program.
Mosley also presented Australia’s Health Revolution alongside Indigenous exercise physiologist Ray Kelly. The series featured the pair taking on Australia’s fastest-growing chronic illness, type 2 diabetes, joining eight Australians to try and help them reverse their diabetes.
Mosley also made appearances on SBS programs The Cook Up and Insight.
