Heartbreaking detail in Dr Michael Mosley’s final interview two weeks before his death

Dr Michael Mosley's final gift to the UK comes in the form of his last interview for his podcast Just One Thing on how to live a good life.

The TV doctor died aged 67 after he went missing in Symi, Greece. There was a huge four-day search until his body was found near Agia Marina beach. His last interview was recorded as an extended version of his BBC podcast Just One Thing at the Hay Festival on May 25 with Professor Paul Bloom - just two weeks before his death.

During Just One Thing podcasts, Dr Mosley would give listeners simple top tips that are scientifically proven to change your life. The final podcast focussed on how to live a good life. His final interview is a really fun chat where Dr Mosley gets to the bottom of how to live a good life with the help of psychologist Bloom. Bloom suggested tips on how to good life including: finding contrast, losing yourself, don't pursue happiness, accept suffering and know yourself.

Dr Michael Mosley's final interview on How to Live a Good Life

Concluding, Dr Mosley said he was surprised that the psychologist didn't mention human relationships because it was personally the most important thing to him. The doctor was the happy husband to his wife Dr Clare and proud dad to four children. He told Bloom honestly: "I personally think is most important when it comes to living rich and fulfilling life. That's the relationships with your friends and loved ones."

He referred to the Harvard longitudinal study which followed graduates from the 1930s for the whole course of their life. "At the end when they looked at who was the happiest, the healthiest, the single most important fact was the strength of their relationships," he said. "You haven't listed as one of your five so I'm surprised."

A sweet moment earlier in his final podcast saw Dr Mosley admit his wife knew him better than himself. The TV star said as part of a television experiment his friends, family and his wife filled out a personality test as if they were him. The only person who was "close to accurate" was his wife Dr Clare. "Who was to be honest was more accurate than I was," he said.

Elsewhere in his last interview, Dr Mosley had said he would continue to do press-ups and squats every morning as the psychologist advised you needed to embrace suffering as one of his tips to living. He added: "I will continue to do it and think Paul said, 'You are getting even more than people who do love it.'"

Dr Michael Mosley tribute

TV doctor and presenter Chris van Tulleken - who was a friend of Dr Mosley and worked alongside him on BBC's Trust Me, I'm A Doctor - introduced the recording.

"What you're about to hear was minutes before I met up with Michael," he said. "What I didn't know it was the last time I ever saw him. Two weeks later he died on holiday in Greece. As you are listening to Michael, I want you to reflect on his style - dryly witty, modest, humble. This style disguises that he is one of the most important broadcasters of recent decades."

The presenter credited Dr Mosley for making science relatable to the nation. When he wasn't on TV or radio, Tulleken revealed his friend was just the same "humble" and "generous" man in a moving tribute in the special podcast.

He said: "Before Michael, doctors in white suits told you how to live from their ivory towers, Michael's genius was to make himself the patient and the guinea pig in a way that was utterly relatable. We'll never forget him infecting himself with a tapeworm or having a camera put up his back passage all for our benefit.

"He is the reason why so many televisions and radios have adopted this style. He's the reason I've adopted this style. Off camera and off mic, he was the same - humble, kind and generous. That generosity set the tone in the BBC science unit that meant everyone that worked there became collaborators rather than competitors.

"For me these friendships have endured for well over a decade. Michael's death has moved so many of us... I'll miss him as a friend and a mentor. But perhaps most of all I'll miss him as a broadcaster. So I hope you enjoy his final interview."

Michael Mosley: The Doctor Who Changed Britain

Dr Mosley will also be remembered in BBC special Michael Mosley: The Doctor Who Changed Britain which airs on Friday on BBC One at 8pm. It will celebrate the TV doctor's broadcasting career and how he changed the lives of the nation.

The star first trained as a doctor at medical school in London, where he met his wife Claire Bailey Mosley. Dr Mosley become one of Britain's most recognisable medics on TV, thanks to his many appearances on daytime TV including This Morning and The One Show. Plus, he's fronted many documentary shows including Channel 4 shows Secrets Of Your Big Shop and Who Made Britain Fat? and BBC show Trust Me, I'm A Doctor.

Famed for his diet advice, Dr Mosley made the 5:2 Diet popular in the UK with his book The Fast Diet. The 5:2 Diet is a form of intermittent fasting.

Just One Thing - with Michael Mosley is available to listen to on BBC Sounds now.