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BBC Delays Ozzy Osbourne Documentary Hours Before Airing After Family Request

The broadcaster will set a new date for Ozzy Osbourne: Coming Home, a one-hour film with close family access filmed over three years.

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Ozzy Osbourne, who was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease in 2020, and his wife, Sharon

Overview

  • BBC One removed the film from its August 18 schedule just hours before the planned 9 p.m. broadcast, replacing it with Fake or Fortune?.
  • The BBC said the postponement was made to respect the Osbourne family's wishes, adding that a new transmission date will be confirmed shortly.
  • Ozzy Osbourne: Coming Home chronicles the family's move back to the UK and the musician's push to perform again, reworked from the 2022 series Home To Roost into a one-hour documentary.
  • The documentary was produced by Expectation, with international distribution handled by Banijay Rights.
  • Ozzy Osbourne died on July 22 at age 76, weeks after a farewell concert in Birmingham, with his death certificate citing cardiac arrest and related conditions.