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BBC Airs Intimate Ozzy Osbourne Farewell Film Ahead of Paramount+ Release

The one-hour BBC One special uses family-shot footage from his last years, capturing his quiet plan to step back from public life.

Overview

  • Sharon & Ozzy Osbourne: Coming Home premiered on BBC One on October 2, reworked from three years of filming about the couple’s return to the UK.
  • Footage shot five days after the July 5 Villa Park show shows Ozzy saying he was retiring from public life and most looked forward to simply being with Sharon.
  • Ozzy called his seated farewell performance with Black Sabbath both emotional and “torture,” saying he could “retire with a clear conscience” after the gig.
  • Viewers reacted strongly to the BBC broadcast, with many describing the program as heartbreaking in its depiction of his declining health and the couple’s bond.
  • Paramount+ will premiere Ozzy: No Escape From Now on October 7, a two-hour film covering his final six years, as coverage continues to note his July 22 death from a heart attack with coronary disease and Parkinson’s recorded.