BBC delayed Ozzy Osbourne film due to ‘family’s wishes’

The BBC says it took a last-minute determination to postpone a documentary about Ozzy Osbourne’s remaining years so as to respect the desires of his household.Ozzy Osbourne: Coming House had been attributable to air on BBC One at 21:00 BST on 18 August, however was faraway from the schedule earlier within the day.The BBC stated: “Our sympathies are with the Osbourne household at this troublesome time. We’re respecting the household’s needs to attend a bit longer earlier than airing this very particular movie. The brand new [transmission] date can be confirmed shortly.”No purpose was initially given for delaying the movie, which covers the star’s return to the UK, his farewell live performance in July and his dying on the age of 76 later that month.The BBC stated on Monday the movie had been “moved within the schedules”. It was changed by an episode of Faux Or Fortune?The documentary was initially conceived as a 10-part collection titled House to Roost, which was to comply with Ozzy and spouse Sharon’s “try to re-start their lives” in Buckinghamshire.As Ozzy’s well being deteriorated, nonetheless, it was transformed to a single, hour-long movie depicting the final three years of his life.The BBC had beforehand described the documentary as a “shifting and inspirational account of the final chapter of Ozzy’s life, advised via distinctive and intimate entry to the entire Osbourne household, together with Sharon, Jack and Kelly”.Nonetheless, it was scheduled to be screened lower than a month after his dying, and fewer than three weeks after Sharon and their youngsters made a extremely emotional look in entrance of crowds in his residence metropolis of Birmingham on the eve of his funeral.