An inquest into the death of TV doctor and Oxford University graduate Michael Mosley will be held this year.

The broadcaster and columnist, 67, disappeared after going for a walk on the Greek island of Symi in June of this year.

Dr Mosley, who attended New College in Oxford, was found after a four-day search and Greek authorities determined that he had died of natural causes.

An inquest into Dr Mosley’s death will be held in his hometown of Beaconsfield at 2pm on November 14, the county coroner for Buckinghamshire has confirmed.

The inquest listing says he died on June 5, four days before his body was discovered near the Agia Marina in Symi.

His widow, Dr Clare Bailey Mosley, said he appeared to have undertaken an “incredible climb, took the wrong route and collapsed where he couldn’t be easily seen” by emergency teams when he went missing after leaving her and friends at Agios Nikolaos beach on June 5.

Dr Mosley’s wife, a GP and cookery book writer, is set to feature in his posthumous documentary, where he investigates the human body to understand how it changes as we age.

Michael Mosley: Wonders Of The Human Body, in which he travelled around the UK, will air on Channel 5 later this month.

Dr Mosley was known for popularising the 5:2 diet, a form of intermittent fasting, through his book The Fast Diet, as well as his documentaries on the BBC.

In July, the broadcaster honoured the qualified doctor turned science broadcaster with a day dedicated to him where presenters and audiences were encouraged to do “just one thing” to improve their wellbeing.

He had presented BBC Radio 4’s Just One Thing, and the BBC series Trust Me, I’m A Doctor, which looked at healthcare in Britain.

Dr Mosley would regularly push his body during various programmes, and in a 2014 documentary he ingested tapeworms for six weeks.

A 2015 programme saw him make two black puddings out of his own blood to showcase its nutritional value.

The 67-year-old's former neighbours and fellow Beaconsfield residents paid tribute to him after his untimely passing, describing him as a "national treasure" and "a genuinely nice, unassuming chap (with) no hint of arrogance".

One person said she had often seen him cycling around Beaconsfield while another had commuted from Bucks to London Marylebone with him.

Dr Mosley was also praised for being "a brilliant doctor, figurehead and wonderful informer on how to live and eat well" and "such a lovely man who went out of his way to help others".