Ozzy Osbourne suffers setback post death

Ozzy Osbourne’s family and friends have been left disappointed with a major update.

The highly anticipated BBC documentary, deemed as a “moving and inspirational account of the last chapter” of the legendary Black Sabbath front man’s life, has been abruptly pulled hours before it was supposed to air on the channel.

Ozzy Osbourne: Coming Home had been set for broadcast on BBC One, offering “unique and intimate access” to the late musician, his wife Sharon Osbourne as well as their children Kelly and Jack.

However, in a last-minute change, the one-off, hour-long programme, disappeared from the TV listings to be replaced by an episode of Fake or Fortune?.

The BBC confirmed the change but offered no explanation apart from saying that the documentary had “moved in the schedules”, with new details to be announced “in due course.”

This news comes less than a month after Ozzy’s death on July 22, at the age of 76. 

His death came as a shock because weeks before, the War Pigs hitmaker had made a rather triumphant return to the stage for a final live performance with his iconic band at the Back To The Beginning show on July 5.

The documentary, filmed over three years, promised to capture the Osbourne family's “extraordinary rollercoaster” journey as they followed their dream of moving back to Britain, after living for more than two decades in the US.

It also depicts Ozzy’s determination to get healthy and stable enough to perform one last time (at Back To The Beginning), despite battling Parkinson’s disease since 2019 and the “dramatic consequences of his ill health.”