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MTV goes home with Ozzy Osbourne

Ozzy Osbourne is managed by wife Sharon

The Osbournes will follow the real-life family sagas of the former Black Sabbath frontman - previously better known for stage antics like biting the head off a bat than for being a family man.

Viewers will see Ozzy Osbourne giving his children advice on sex, drink and drugs, arguing with neighbours who keep him awake at night by playing folk music too loud and having to seek advice from his son on how to use a new digital TV.

The singer, originally from Birmingham, West Midlands, made his name in heavy metal band Black Sabbath and earned a reputation as one of the wildest rock stars.

He has battled drink and drug addictions, been notorious for trashing cars and hotel rooms, bitten the head off a live dove in a meeting with record executives and spent time in jail after urinating on The Alamo.

He still releases solo albums and heads the popular annual Ozzfest rock festival.

The TV series will be a chance to show his version of family values, he has said.

MTV is promoting the show, which starts in the United States on 5 March, by saying: "There's no script, the situations are real, the family is normal... well, sort of."

Viewers will also see scenes such as the family moving home, and packing boxes with one marked "linens" and another marked "dead things".