Following doubts over whether it would actually make it to air, Dr Michael Mosley ’s final documentary is set to reveal a series of health truths. The TV doctor died in June on a Greek island after he went for a walk . Emergency services searched high and low for the broadcaster and columnist , 67, on Symi, part of the Dodecanese island chain, for four days before his body was found .
He was discovered in a rocky area, and it was later determined by Greek authorities that he died of natural causes. Buckinghamshire’s coroner listed his inquest for 2pm on November 14. Just weeks before his shock death, Mosley was working on another TV project exploring advances in technology.
The Channel 5 series about the human body is a three-parter, titled Michael Mosley: Wonders of The Human Body , and will feature the late star scrutinising his own health as he investigates why people age and break bones. He travelled around the UK during filming and the docuseries will air later this month. In the first episode, Mosley visits the small town of Fife in Scotland where he meets Thomas, a 71-year-old who has a common neurological condition.
The essential tremor causes involuntary shaking and trembling, which Thomas began suffering with in his early forties. He chats to Mosley while preparing to undergo pioneering brain surgery. Then in Southampton, Allen finds out if his experimental cancer treatment has been a success and Mosley reveals the health benefits and risks of cold water swimmin.