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The Ozzy Osbourne documentary date has finally revealed after the BBC were forced to pull the show at the last minute when the late rocker’s family expressed concerns over it being ‘rushed’.
Back in August Ozzy Osbourne: Coming Home – billed as a ‘moving and inspirational account of the last chapter’ of the star’s life – was suddenly removed from TV listings just hours before broadcast with no explanation as to why.
And soon after it emerged that the broadcaster allegedly had no choice but to take last minute action due to Ozzy’s family’s worry at the speed in which the show was made amid the BBC’s race against Paramount+ to air Ozzy’s final months.
The Black Sabbath frontman, who was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease in 2019, passed away at the age of 76 on July 22 surrounded by his family. He was buried a week later on July 30.
On Wednesday morning Paramount+ confirmed they would air their doc called No Escape From Now on October 7, which was always the month they intended to release it in.
Soon after the BBC put out a statement saying Coming Home would drop five days earlier on October 2 at 9pm.
The Ozzy Osbourne documentary date has finally revealed after the BBC were forced to pull the show at the last minute when the late rocker’s family expressed concerns over it being ‘rushed’
Back in August Ozzy Osbourne: Coming Home – billed as a ‘moving and inspirational account of the last chapter’ of the star’s life – was suddenly removed from TV (seen with wife Sharon)
A source told the publication: ‘This is a return to the ‘race’ to see who can get their docs on air first – and that’s something the Osbourne family didn’t want.
‘The tension between the two creative teams working to get these shows out is immense, and it’s just hoped that this won’t cause too much upset to Ozzy’s loved ones.
‘Hopefully the fact that both of them air in practically the same week will ensure that the first week of next month just becomes one big TV celebration of the rockers’ life.’
After his death it emerged that both the BBC and Paramount+ were producing documentaries on the rocker after filmmakers were given access to him for the final three years of his life, with the channels said to be a ‘race’ to air unseen footage.
Reports then suggested that it was this reason, as well as the family’s worries about the ‘overall tone and theme’, that the documentary had been delayed.
The show was scheduled to air on BBC iPlayer and BBC One on Wednesday 18 August at 9pm.
It was said to be told through ‘unique and intimate access to the whole Osbourne family’, which included widow Sharon, and children Kelly and Jack.
But the one-off hour-long programme vanished from the BBC TV listings and was replaced by Fake Or Fortune.
On Wednesday morning Paramount+ confirmed they would air their doc called No Escape From Now on October 7. The BBC then said their doc would air on October 2
The programme was filmed over three years and ‘captures the extraordinary rollercoaster of their lives’.
It details Ozzy and Sharon ‘attempting to complete their long-held dream of moving back to the UK’, the BBC said earlier this month when promoting the documentary.
It also sees Ozzy ‘heroically battle to get fit enough to perform’ his final tour alongside Black Sabbath and the family dealing with ‘the dramatic consequences of his ill health’.
Kelly was quoted saying in the film: ‘Iron Man wasn’t really made of iron,’ referencing how the rocker had been diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease in 2019.
Ozzy was laid to rest on the grounds of his own mansion in Buckinghamshire in July during a private funeral attended by his family and a host of rock royalty.
His widow Sharon, 72, and their children were joined by stars including Marilyn Manson and Ozzy’s lead guitarist Zakk Wylde during the event at the family’s 250-acre estate near Gerrards Cross.
His passing came just weeks after he appeared on stage for his farewell concert at Villa Park stadium in his native Birmingham.
L-R Jack, Sharon, Kelly and Aimee Osbourne at Ozzy’s funeral in July
The concert – three weeks before his death – saw him reunite with his original Black Sabbath bandmates for the first time since 2005.
More than 42,000 fans packed into the venue for the Back To The Beginning show, during which he told the crowd in his final speech: ‘You’ve no idea how I feel – thank you from the bottom of my heart.’
Official documents listed three causes of death for the rock legend. This included an out of hospital cardiac arrest, acute myocardial infarction and coronary artery disease and Parkinson’s disease with autonomic dysfunction.
In a statement Ozzy’s family said he died ‘surrounded by love’, adding: ‘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.
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