The BBC said it will “confirm” new broadcast details for Ozzy Osbourne: Coming Home soon
The BBC has postponed the premiere of a new documentary about the final years of Ozzy Osbourne’s life just hours ahead of its scheduled premiere on Monday evening, Aug. 18.
No reason for the postponement was given, nor was it clear when (or if) Ozzy Osbourne: Coming Home would air. A BBC spokesperson told Rolling Stone: “The film has moved in the schedules and we’ll confirm new tx [transmission] details in due course.”
Reps for the production company behind the film, Expectation, did not immediately return a request for comment regarding the doc’s postponement. Nor did a rep for the Osbourne family.
Coming Home was filmed over the past three years. The project was initially announced in 2022 as a series called Home to Roost, which was set to follow the Osbourne family as they realized a long-held dream to move back to England. But the nature of the doc evolved as Osbourne’s health deteriorated. The metal legend spent the last few years of his life battling Parkinson’s disease, as well as injuries he sustained from a late-night fall in 2019.
Producers of Coming Home described the film as a “remarkably candid and uplifting tribute” to Osbourne. The film will reportedly feature “unique and intimate access” to the whole Osbourne family, and also contain footage of Osbourne working to get in shape for his farewell concert, which took place in early July, just a few weeks before his death.
The BBC’s head of documentary commissioning, Clare Sillery, said coming Home showed Osbourne’s “enduring spirit,” adding, “We hope it brings comfort and joy to Ozzy’s fans and viewers as they remember and celebrate his extraordinary life.”
