The documentary that followed the final months of Ozzy Osbourne‘s life has reportedly been pulled from the BBC’s schedule just hours before it was due to air.
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Titled Ozzy Osbourne: Coming Home, the project was set to share “moving and inspirational” insight into the final chapter of the heavy metal pioneer’s life, and featured contributions from his wife Sharon and his children Jack and Kelly.
The one-off documentary was set to air tonight (August 18) on iPlayer at 9pm, but has now been rescheduled without explanation, per The Mirror, who noted it had vanished from TV listings and had been replaced by an episode of Fake or Fortune.
A spokesperson for the BBC did not clarify the reason it has been pulled, but told the publication that the “film has moved in the schedules” and new premiere details will be shared “in due course”.
The documentary was filmed across three years, and followed the late Black Sabbath frontman as he and Sharon made the move back to the UK after decades living in the US, and charted his journey to getting fit enough to perform at his mammoth farewell show, ‘Back To The Beginning’, which was his final live show.
That gig took place on July 5 at Villa Park, in Sabbath’s hometown of Birmingham, falling only two weeks before his death, aged 76, and saw Ozzy joined by rock heavyweights including Guns N’ Roses, KoRn, Tool, Slayer, Pantera, Metallica, Alice In Chains, Gojira, Anthrax, and Aerosmith’s Steven Tyler.
Osbourne was laid to rest in the grounds of his UK mansion during a private ceremony that was attended by Elton John, members of Metallica and more. His cortege had previously travelled through his home city of Birmingham in a procession attended by thousands of fans.
Countless names have come forward to pay tribute to Ozzy, including Zak Starkey, Adam Sandler, Ghost’s Tobias Forge, Alice Cooper, Elton John, Yungblud, Billie Joe Armstrong, Jack White, Coldplay, Gojira and Jake E Lee. Touching messages have also been shared by his Sabbath bandmates Tony Iommi, Bill Ward and Geezer Butler.
As well as the BBC documentary, there have also been reports that a biopic based on Ozzy and Sharon’s relationship is still in the works.
Ozzy’s death certificate lists the cause of death as a heart attack, while also mentioning that he was suffering from coronary heart disease and Parkinson’s. It also listed his occupation as “Songwriter, Performer and Rock Legend”.
