Search For Michael Mosley Missing BBC Presenter

The search for missing TV and radio presenter Michael Mosley has shifted to a remote mountainous area on the Greek island of Symi.

The 67-year-old, known for his TV programmes and BBC Radio 4’s Just One Thing podcast, vanished on Wednesday while on holiday.

Dr Mosley was reported to have left Agios Nikolaos beach by foot on Wednesday at 13:30 local time (11:30 BST), and new CCTV footage seen by PA news agency shows him later entering a mountainous path inland from a nearby village.

A search and rescue operation, involving helicopters and drones, has started up again on Saturday morning.

At 06:00 local time firefighters started searching a 4 mile (6.5km) radius over a mountainous area that is surrounded by sea, said Manolis Tsimpoukas who organises searches for missing people on the Dodecanese Islands, of which Symi is apart of.

Asked if there had been any sign of Dr Mosley, he said there has been “nothing”.
A source directly involved in the search told BBC News the search is focusing on the mountainous area between areas of the island Pedi and Symi. The source described it as “not easy terrain”.

One theory that has emerged was that Dr Mosley was trying to take a much longer route than previously thought, passing over miles of exposed hillside. Dr Mosley’s accommodation was in the main town.

CCTV images appear to capture the broadcaster in Pedi’s main street holding an umbrella about 20 minutes after leaving the beach.

BBC