Dr Michael Mosley CCTV shows him 'stumbling' over rocks before death

CCTV footage of the late Dr Michael Mosley shows him "stumbling" over rocky hillside before his death. Footage found by a beach bar at Agia Marina shows what appears to be the ITV, Channel 4 and BBC doctor making his way down a rocky slope close to a fence before he falls out of view.

Paying tribute, radio and TV presenter Jeremy Vine said Mosley was “an amazing man”. He wrote on X: “Friendly, open, modest, highly intelligent but also a born communicator – so rare. An adult mind, a child’s curiosity. He did everything with enthusiasm. We’re all going to miss him so much @BBCRadio2.”

Prof Alice Roberts said she had last seen the presenter, who worked as an executive producer of her 2009 series Human Journey, two weeks ago at the Hay festival. “The fragility of life is so shocking,” she wrote on X. “I can’t believe he’s gone. My thoughts are with his bereaved family.”

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The former Labour MP Tom Watson said Mosley had helped to transform his life. “It’s hard to describe how upset I am by this news,” he wrote on social media. “Through courageous, science-based journalism, Michael Mosley has helped thousands of people get well and healthy. I’m one of them. He was a hero to me. He will be deeply missed. My thoughts and prayers are with his family.”

His body was discovered on rocky terrain close to a fence, next to a small resort that is accessible only by boat or by foot. The resort is on the opposite side of the bay from where he had left his wife and friends and around 30 minutes’ walk from Pedi, where he was last seen.

Extreme weather warnings have been in place this week on Symi, where temperatures have reached above 40C (104F) in the afternoon. “It is clear from his watch and clothes that it is Dr Mosley,” a police spokesperson, Konstantina Dimoglou, said. A police source told BBC News the deceased had been dead “for a number of days”.