BBC withdraws film on Ozzy Osbourne's final years unexpectedly

A highly anticipated BBC documentary about the Prince of Darkness, Ozzy Osbourne's life, which was set to premiere on Monday, August 18, 2025, has been unexpectedly withdrawn, hours before it was to air. This comes only weeks after Black Sabbath's frontman passed away at the age of 76.

The one-hour film, Ozzy Osbourne: Coming Home, was scheduled to premiere on BBC One at 9 pm, but it has been replaced by the show, Fake or Fortune: What Happened Next? in the same slot.

A spokesperson for the BBC elaborated in a statement to Us Weekly and Radio Times on the unexpected withdrawal of Ozzy Osbourne: Coming Home:

“The film has moved in the schedules and we’ll confirm new [transmission] details in due course."

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Ozzy Osbourne: Coming Home, the documentary

The documentary was proposed in 2022 under the title Home to Roost, and the project was originally planned as a docuseries following Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne's return to the United Kingdom after decades in Los Angeles. It was meant to be a successor of the MTV reality show The Osbournes.

As Ozzy's health deteriorated, the film's focus changed, and it became a feature-length documentary on the "final" chapter of Ozzy's life.

According to the BBC's original description, the film provided,

a “moving and inspirational account” through close access to the Osbourne family, which included his wife, Sharon, kids: Jack and Kelly.

It came in the wake of Ozzy's battle with Parkinson's disease, his recovery from several operations, and his attempts to perform one more time with Black Sabbath.

The executive producers at the film's production company, Expectation, told Us Weekly:

“It was an incredible privilege to spend the last few years with Ozzy, as well as Sharon, Jack and Kelly. Ozzy wanted to make it back to the UK and appear on stage one last time - our film is an inspiring and poignant account of him fulfilling that dream."

They added:

“Ozzy was loved by millions around the world not just for his music, but for his sense of mischief and his honesty, all of which we saw plenty of in the final years of his life. But one thing shone through even more brightly to us, and that was Ozzy’s intense love for his exceptional family, who were by his side through it all.”

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Ozzy Osbourne's last show

The Prince of Darkness performed for the last time on July 5, 2025, in Villa Park, at the benefit concert titled Back to the Beginning, which also featured bands like Metallica, Slayer, Pantera, Gojira, Alice in Chains, Halestorm, Lamb of God, Anthrax, and Mastodon as supporting acts. It was Ozzy's and Black Sabbath's farewell tour in hometown Birmingham.

Ozzy said the concert was meant to

"give back to the place where I was born."

Per Lad Bible, his wife Sharon Osbourne told Pollstar:

"It was the first time, I think, that anybody’s gone into retirement and done it, where the show is streamed and it goes to charity."

She added:

"So it’s the first time anybody has said goodnight like that, it’s the perfect way, when you’ve had such a long career, to end it - I never wanted Ozzy to just disappear without some big event."

Ozzy died soon after the concert, on July 22 at home from a heart attack, among the people he loved. The family had released a statement following his death:

"It is with more sadness than mere words can convey that we have to report that our beloved Ozzy Osbourne has passed away this morning. He was with his family and surrounded by love."

Ozzy's funeral took place on July 30, 2025. Fans from all around the world paid tribute to the Prince of Darkness.

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According to BBC, a different release date for the documentary will be announced soon.

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