“We are respecting the family’s wishes to wait a bit longer before airing this very special film,” the BBC said in a statement
A documentary on the final years of Ozzy Osbourne’s life was pulled hours before its scheduled premiere at the wishes of the Osbourne family, the BBC confirmed.
Ozzy Osbourne: Coming Home was set to debut on the BBC Monday evening, Aug. 18, only for the broadcaster to pull it from the schedule earlier that day. At the time, the BBC offered no explanation for the postponement, saying only, “The film has moved in the schedules and we’ll confirm new tx [transmission] details in due course.”
In a follow-up statement, the broadcaster said the Osbourne family had requested the delay, but confirmed the doc would still air at some point. “Our sympathies are with the Osbourne family at this difficult time,” the BBC said. “We are respecting the family’s wishes to wait a bit longer before airing this very special film. The new [transmission] date will be confirmed shortly.”
Coming Home was initially announced in 2022 as a multi-part docuseries called Home to Roost that was set to follow the Osbourne family as they realized a long-held dream to move back to England from Los Angeles. But the nature of the doc evolved as Osbourne’s health deteriorated in the final years of his life.
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Coming Home is now an hour-long film that’s been described as a “moving and inspirational account of the last chapter of Ozzy’s life.” The filmmakers reportedly had “unique and intimate access” to the whole Osbourne family, with the film also set to feature footage of Osbourne working to get in shape for his farewell concert in early July, just a few weeks before his death.
Along with Coming Home, there’s another documentary about the final years of Osbourne’s life, Ozzy Osbourne: No Escape From Now, which is set to arrive in late 2025 on Paramount+. That film is described as, “A deeply personal portrait of Ozzy’s harsh new reality as the singer battles to take to the stage for one final performance.”
