Ozzy Osbourne says he’s ‘finally home’ in trailer for BBC film showing UK return

By Hannah Roberts, PA Senior Entertainment Reporter

Ozzy Osbourne says he is “finally home” in the trailer for a BBC documentary depicting his return to the UK ahead of his final concert.

The release date for Sharon And Ozzy Osbourne: Coming Home was postponed in August out of respect to Osbourne’s family following the rock star’s death in July, weeks after his Back To The Beginning concert with his Black Sabbath bandmates.

The 60-minute film follows the couple and their two youngest children, Kelly and Jack – as well as their close friends, as they plan the next stage of their lives together in their Buckinghamshire home.

The trailer offers a glimpse of the sprawling mansion, and Sharon says they “always referred to this as home”.

In-between clips of their English country home, Osbourne says “I’m so looking forward to an English summer” and “I feel like I’m finally home”.

Their son Jack says the family all “scattered” after their reality TV show The Osbournes, and adds: “It’s like we’re back together again.”

Also in the teaser, Sharon reveals that Ozzy is “very romantic” and says he leaves her little notes around the house.

The documentary was initially due to be shown on BBC One on August 18th, but was replaced with an episode of Fake Or Fortune? with the broadcaster saying it had been “moved in the schedules”.

Shortly after the documentary was postponed, a BBC spokesperson said: “Our sympathies are with the Osbourne family at this difficult time. We are respecting the family’s wishes to wait a bit longer before airing this very special film.”

Osbourne died aged 76 on July 22 from a reported heart attack, just weeks after reuniting with his band for a farewell concert at Villa Park in his home city of Birmingham.

The BBC documentary was originally conceived as a series, announced in 2022 and called Home To Roost, and was to document Osbourne and his wife Sharon’s move back from the US, where they had lived for more than two decades.

But the project, filmed over three years, “evolved as Ozzy’s health deteriorated” into the one-hour film, the BBC said.

Paramount+ has announced its own feature-length film about the late Black Sabbath frontman, Ozzy: No Escape From Now – which will launch on October 7 on the streaming platform.

Sharon And Ozzy Osbourne: Coming Home will air on BBC One at 9pm on October 2 and will also be available on BBC iPlayer.