The Osbournes to return with new series on the BBC

Reality TV show The Osbournes is reportedly set to return to TV screens almost two decades after the original series ended.

A huge hit when it originally aired on MTV between 2002 and 2005, The Osbournes saw Ozzy Osbourne and his wife and manager Sharon invite cameras into their lavish Hollywood home.

The fly-on-the-wall series documented Ozzy and Sharon’s often chaotic life at home with their children Jack and Kelly, plus their various pet dogs. The couple’s eldest Aimee declined to take part.

The BBC has now reportedly commissioned a reboot of the show, which will follow Ozzy and Sharon as they relocate to the UK after more than two decades in California.

Clare Sillery, head of documentaries at the BBC, told the Daily Mail: “20 years ago, the Osbournes left Britain for a life in LA. Now they are coming ‘home to roost’, back to their family home, pretty much as they left it all those years ago.

“In this new series, our audience will be able to follow the family as they settle back into their new life in a Buckinghamshire village … it promises to be a funny, moving and honest insight into their new life back in the UK.”

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In a recent interview with The Observer, Ozzy revealed why he and Sharon were moving back to their Buckinghamshire Estate in the UK.

"Everything's f---ing ridiculous (in America),” Ozzy said. I'm fed up with people getting killed every day. God knows how many people have been shot in school shootings. And there was that mass shooting in Vegas at that concert… It's f---ing crazy.

"And I don't want to die in America. I don't want to be buried in f---ing Forest Lawn. I'm English. I want to be back.”

It’s currently unclear when The Osbournes will air, and which family members will be involved.

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