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Sharon and Ozzy Osbourne are set for a reality TV comeback as the pair relocate back to the UK. Nearly 20 years have passed since the family's iconic show aired on MTV.The self-tited programme saw cameras follow the rocker couple and their children, Kelly and Jack, as they navigated their weird and wonderful lives in Los Angeles. With the kids now grown up – Kelly announced in May that she's expecting her first child with her boyfriend Sid Wilson, while Jack is already a dad – they're getting ready to return to our screens for the first time since 2005.

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The Osbournes are making a comeback to reality TV after a nearly two-decade absence. The family made its reality debut on MTV back in 2002 as the cameras followed the home life of Black Sabbath singer Ozzy Osbourne, his wife Sharon Osbourne and their children Kelly and Jack.

K.J. Yossman Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne are returning to U.K. – and to reality TV. The reigning couple of metal have signed on to a new docuseries titled “Home to Roost,” which will document their journey back to Britain as they re-start their lives in the countryside. “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,” promises the logline. The docu-series, which is announced exactly 20 years after their original show “The Osbournes” first launched on MTV, will also follow the couple as they deal with health challenges as well as ageing.

“The Osbournes” is returning with a new name.

BBC.The original show, which aired on MTV from 2002 to 2005, followed the domestic life of Ozzy, Sharon and their children Jack and Kelly in Beverly Hills, California.As Ozzy and Sharon look to move back to the UK, the BBC have announced a new reality series which will follow the family as they settle into their new life in Buckinghamshire, where they own a Grade II listed property, Welders House.In a statement to NME, Clare Sillery, head of commissioning on BBC documentaries, said: “Twenty 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 BBC viewers 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.”A release date for the series is yet to be announced.In an interview with the Observer, the Black Sabbath frontman explained he wanted to return to the UK due to the amount of mass shootings in the US.“Everything’s fucking ridiculous here,” Ozzy said.

K.J. Yossman The richest man in the world is the subject of a new documentary series commissioned by the BBC.“The Elon Musk Show” (working title) will speak to the South African billionaire’s friends, family members and business associates as well as including archive footage from Musk’s ascent through Silicon Valley to paint an intimate portrait of the tech tycoon.

Louis Theroux is set to interview Stormzy for a new BBC series.The six-part series, currently titled The Louis Theroux Interviews, will see the documentary filmmaker in conversation with some of the biggest names in entertainment.Stormzy will be the focus of the first episode, as Theroux joins him on tour and at home “for an in-depth and personally revealing encounter” with the British rapper.The remaining episodes will each feature a different guest, which are yet to be announced.Speaking about the series, Theroux said: “I’m so excited to be embarking on this new series – something very different to the kind of TV I normally make. This will be a chance to meet and spend time with people I admire, getting to know them, having long form and revealing conversations, with honesty, emotion, and humour.“To be kicking off with the genius that is Stormzy is proper pinch-me stuff.

The BBC has announced that the first in a new six part series of programmes by Louis Theroux will see the film-maker interview Stormzy – both at home and on tour – in what the broadcaster describes as “an in depth and personally revealing encounter which will bring viewers up close to one of the biggest stars in the UK today”.And if you’re wondering why Stormzy has been picked by a documentary maker best known for interviewing people working in unusual or controversial professions, or who have had unusual or controversial lives, well, this new series is all about Theroux getting to meet and follow a bunch of people he genuinely admires.Explains Theroux: “I’m so excited to be embarking on this new series – something very different to the kind of TV I normally make. This will be a chance to meet and spend time with people I admire, getting to know them, having long form and revealing conversations, with honesty, emotion, and humour.

Naman Ramachandran BBC Content has advertised for the high powered role of commissioning director, BBC Film and Storyville, a position formerly held by Rose Garnett under the title director of BBC Film.BBC Film is the feature film-making arm of the BBC, co-producing some 15 films a year. Recent successes include the BAFTA and Critics Choice awards winning “The Power of the Dog” and “The Souvenir” and “The Souvenir: Part II.”Storyville is the broadcaster’s flagship feature documentary strand and showcases films from around the world including “Welcome to Chechnya” and “Collective.” It moved under the remit of BBC Film in 2020.