The Osbournes to return with new series on the BBC
Following Ozzy and Sharon as they move back to the UK
Last updated 2nd Sep 2022
The Osbournes are set to return to our screens with a brand new reality TV series called Home To Roost, almost two decades after their original show 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 commissioned a reboot of the show called Home To Roost, which will follow Ozzy and Sharon as they relocate to the UK after more than two decades in California.
A synopsis reads: 'Expectation will produce the ten-part series of 30-minute episodes for BBC One and iPlayer, Home to Roost will document Ozzy and Sharon’s journey back to Britain, alongside Kelly and Jack’s efforts to support them, as they attempt to re-start their lives in rural Buckinghamshire.
'The series will follow the Osbournes as they celebrate one of their most important years yet – with everything from Sharon’s 70th birthday to Kelly’s soon-to-be-born baby, Ozzy’s tour, and of course the big move itself.
'This will be a genuine portrait, showing Sharon and Ozzy as they face up to illness and the challenges of getting older, but with the usual Osbourne eccentricities, humour, warmth and love.'
Clare Sillery, head of documentaries at the BBC, said: “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.”
Speaking back in April, Ozzy Osbourne blamed The Osbournes TV show for some of the problematic issues that have affected his family.
"When you've got a camera crew living in your house 24 hours a day seven days a week it gets a bit crazy,” Ozzy said.
"The kids were doing drugs and alcohol and I'd gone back on the booze.
"By the time year three came along Sharon sat us all down and said, 'Do you want to carry on?'. Everybody just said 'no'."
In a recent interview with The Observer, Ozzy revealed why he and Sharon were moving back to their Buckinghamshire Estate.
"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.”
Ozzy underwent ‘life-determining’ surgery in June to realign pins in his neck and back following a serious fall, and just two months later he performed live at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games closing ceremony with his former Black Sabbath band mate Tony Iommi.
The legendary singer, who also has Parkinson's disease and emphysema, has said the performance gave him “hope” that his UK tour with Judas Priest in 2023 will go ahead.
Looking forward to his No More Tours 2 trek, Ozzy vowed: “I’m saying to you I’ll give it the best shot I can for another tour. You have not seen the end of Ozzy Osbourne, I promise you. If I have to go up there and die on the first song, I’ll still be back the next day.”
Ozzy Osbourne releases his new studio album ‘Patient Number 9’ on Friday 9th September, which features collaborations with Tony Iommi, Jeff Beck, Eric Clapton, the late Taylor Hawkins and many more.
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Alex Lifeson’s real name: Alexandar Živojinović
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Ginger Baker's real name: Peter Edward Baker
John 5’s real name: John William Lowery
Yngwie Malmsteen’s real name: Lars Johann Yngwie Lannerback
Rudy Sarzo’s real name: Rodolfo Maximiliano Sarzo Lavieille Grande Ruiz Payret y Chaumont
Eric Carr's real name: Paul Charles Caravello
Vinnie Vincent’s real name: Vincent John Cusano
Tina Turner’s real name: Anna Mae Bullock
King Diamond’s real name: Kim Bendix Petersen
Joey Tempest's real name: Rolf Magnus Joakim Larsson
Michael Monroe’s real name: Matti Antero Kristian Fagerholm
Mikkey Dee’s real name: Micael Kiriakos Delaoglou
Jonathan Cain’s real name: Jonathan Leonard Friga
Nikki Sixx's real name: Frank Ferrano
Steven Adler’s real name: Michael Coletti
Axl Rose's real name: William Bruce Rose
Bon Scott's real name: Ronald Belford Scott
Fish’s real name: Derek William Dick
Eddie Vedder's real name: Edward Louis Severson III
Peter Criss’ real name: George Peter John Criscuola
Freddie Mercury's real name: Farrokh Bulsara
Flea's real name: Michael Peter Balzary
Perry Farrell's real name: Perry Bernstein
Geddy Lee’s real name: Gary Lee Weinrib
Mick Mars' real name: Robert Deal
Tré Cool's real name: Frank Edwin Wright III
Courtney Love's real name: Courtney Michelle Harrison
Pat Smear's real name: Georg Albert Ruthenberg
Gene Simmons' real name: Chaim Klein Witz
Spike’s real name: Jonathan Gray
Iggy Pop's real name: James Newell Osterberg, JR.
Alice Cooper's real name: Vincent Damon Furnier
Slash's real name: Saul Hudson
Mike Dirnt's real name: Michael Ryan Pritchard
Ronnie James Dio's real name: Ronald James Padavona
Brody Dalle's real name: Bree Joanna Alice Robinson
Skin's real name: Deborah Anne Dyer
Nicky Wire's real name: Nicholas Jones
Amy Lee's real name: Amy Lynn Hartzler
Bill Wyman's real name: William Perks
Izzy Stradlin's real name: Jeffrey Isbell
Paul Stanley's real name: Stanley Eisen
Vince Neil's real name: Vincent Neil Wharton
Duff McKagan's real name: Michael McKagan
Jack Black’s real name: Thomas Jacob Black
Lemmy's real name: Ian Fraser Kilmister
John Paul Jones' real name: John Baldwin
Joan Jett's real name: Joan Larkin
Eric Clapton's real name: Eric Patrick Clapp
Siouxsie Sioux's real name: Susan Janet Ballion
Rachel Bolan’s real name: James Richard Southworth
David Bowie's real name: David Robert Hayward Stenton Jones
Little Richard's real name: Richard Wayne Penniman
Sid Vicious' real name: John Simon Ritchie
Ace Frehley's real name: Paul Daniel Frehley
Lou Reed's real name: Louis Firbank
Joe Strummer's real name: John Graham Mellor
Marc Bolan's real name: Mark Feld
The Edge's real name: David Howell Evans
Meat Loaf's real name: Marvin Lee Aday
Steven Tyler's real name: Steven Victor Tallarico
Ozzy Osbourne's real name: John Michael Osbourne
Jon Bon Jovi's real name: John Francis Bongiovi
Joey Belladonna’s real name: Joseph Bellardini
Jack White's real name: John Anthony Gillis
Bono's real name: Paul David Hewson
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Geezer Butler’s real name: Terence Butler
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Bo Diddley’s real name: Ellas McDaniel
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Stevie Nicks’ real name: Stephanie Lynn Nicks
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Joe Perry’s real name: Joseph Pereira
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