{"id":74936,"date":"2025-08-18T07:22:09","date_gmt":"2025-08-18T07:22:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/74936\/"},"modified":"2025-08-18T07:22:09","modified_gmt":"2025-08-18T07:22:09","slug":"tv-tonight-the-final-extraordinary-chapter-of-ozzy-osbournes-life-television","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/74936\/","title":{"rendered":"TV tonight: the final, extraordinary chapter of Ozzy Osbourne\u2019s life | Television"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ozzy Osbourne: Coming Home<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">9pm, BBC One<br \/>More than 20 years ago, Ozzy Osbourne and his family changed TV for ever with their fly-on-the-wall reality series. A reboot \u2013 Home to Roost \u2013 was announced back in 2022 and the cameras followed the gang again for three years. But Ozzy\u2019s health continued to decline and, just days after a defiant final homecoming concert with Black Sabbath last month, the Prince of Darkness died aged 76. The footage has been reworked as a one-hour documentary and is a special ode to the last chapter in the icon\u2019s life, as he moves back to England with the family, battles illness and readies for a performance that will go down in history as the greatest goodbye in rock\u2019n\u2019roll. Hollie Richardson<\/p>\n<p>Matthew Perry: A Hollywood Tragedy<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">9pm, ITV1<br \/>This documentary \u2013 updated since it aired in the US earlier this year \u2013 has the latest details in the case of the Friends actor\u2019s death by ketamine overdose (five people have been charged in connection: three have pleaded guilty; two deny all allegations). It only scratches the surface of telling Perry\u2019s story before the tragedy, but his onscreen mother, Morgan Fairchild, shares her memories, while the Hollywood Reporter\u2019s Deborah Walker paints a picture of the world of fame in which he struggled. HR<\/p>\n<p>Fake Or Fortune?<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">8pm, BBC One<br \/>If you\u2019ve ever wished that Antiques Roadshow was 500% more stressful, Fiona Bruce\u2019s other gig might appeal. This revisited episode is about a painting bought for \u00a32,000 \u2013 and valued at \u00a3300,000. But what did the lucky owner of an original Helen McNicoll do when the cameras stopped rolling? Hannah J Davies<\/p>\n<p>Michael Mosley: Secrets of the Superagers<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">8pm, Channel 4<\/p>\n<p>Michael Mosley: Secrets of the Superagers. Photograph: BBC Studios 2022<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">It\u2019s tragically ironic in the light of his early death in 2024. But what turned out to be the final series filmed by Dr Michael Mosley concerned the various ways human beings attempt to face down the chaos of existence and prolong their lives. As ever, Mosley gets practically involved, undergoing hyperbaric oxygen therapy in this closing episode. Phil Harrison<\/p>\n<p>University Challenge<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">8.30pm, BBC Two<br \/>It is still only the first round of the 2025\/26 competition, but the rivalry is intensified by a Severnside derby, as Cardiff University takes on the University of Bristol. In the quizshow\u2019s 62-year history, neither university has ever fielded a winning team, but Bristol did nab the runners-up spot in 2023, making it a firm favourite to win this tie. Ellen E Jones<\/p>\n<p>Confessions of a Brain Surgeon<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">9pm, BBC Two<br \/>A remarkable film in which retired brain surgeon Henry Marsh looks at his 40-year career after receiving a cancer diagnosis. From his pioneering work to the \u201ccritical mistakes\u201d that still haunt him, he has frank conversations with his ex-wife, former colleagues, and patients and their families. HR<\/p>\n<p>Film choice<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Reservoir Dogs (Quentin Tarantino, 1992) 11.35pm, ITV4<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a steal \u2026 Michael Madsen as Mr Blonde in Reservoir Dogs. Photograph: Landmark Media\/Alamy<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">As a tribute to the late Michael Madsen, you could do worse than Quentin Tarantino\u2019s 1992 debut. He certainly steals the film as the psychotic Mr Blonde, with his dance\/torture routine to the strains of Stuck in the Middle With You. But there\u2019s a lot more to recommend it, from the smart if expletive-filled dialogue to the rug-pulling flashback plot structure, as a gang of robbers \u2013 including Harvey Keitel and Tim Roth \u2013 assemble after a botched diamond heist to work out who is the mole in their midst. Simon Wardell<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ozzy Osbourne: Coming Home 9pm, BBC OneMore than 20 years ago, Ozzy Osbourne and his family changed TV&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":74937,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[49,50,51,47,52,48],"class_list":["post-74936","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74936","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=74936"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74936\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/74937"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=74936"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=74936"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=74936"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}