New sitcom written by the creators of The Office and Extras, Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant.
The show centres on Warwick Davis, Britain's pre-eminent dwarf actor and star of box office hit movies such as Star Wars, Willow and Harry Potter.
Life's Too Short is an observation comedy which follows Warwick's day-to-day life in a small world where big things happen. It's a frustrating world, but an optimistic and warm one.
Gervais told The Radio Times: "It's about his life: the life of a showbiz dwarf. He plays himself, we play ourselves, it's sort of like Curb Your Enthusiasm."
He later added at the Banff World Television Festival: "It's the funniest thing we've ever done." He said this comedy would be "pure funny" without the pathos of The Office or the drama of Extras. "Warwick, in real life, is an actor and runs a company so we are taking that and skewing it. We are giving him small man complex, making him jealous, manipulative and self-obessed. He'll run a company called Dwarves for Hire but steals all the jobs."
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2013/lifes-too-short.html
@kakature Yeah that's also what I read, hence the question :) Maybe it had changed since then.
@Foirzie I read this:
After the first season finished airing, Gervais confirmed via Twitter that a second season had been commissioned for early 2013.[28] Despite this, Gervais stated on his blog that "We are thinking of going straight to the Xmas Special. Lazier and lazier. Now it's down to ONE series and a special. Ha ha."
@kakature Is it still confirmed? Because the status says: ended
Season 2 confirmed for spring 2013. I hope it's a bit better than the first one.
Don't get me wrong, I liked it. But I feel it wasn't on par with other Gervais/Merchant shows.
Love this show!
http://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/meet-the-cast-lifes-too-short/id474631970?i=102199892
Video podcast with Ricky & Warwick with some new clips.
@Foxhound ty
@Foxhound 10 November to be exact.
@felixvdp "Life's Too Short BBC2 Early Nov"
From Ricky's Twitter.