New BBC Comedy from Ricky Gervais & Stephen Merchant

Life’s Too Short, a new six-part series written by Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant has been commission by the BBC following a successful pilot and is set to start filming next year.

Ricky Gervais said: “Third in our trilogy of TV sitcoms, Life’s Too Short is another naturalist observational comedy, dealing with everyday problems, human foibles and social faux pas… but with a dwarf.”

The series stars dwarf actor Warwick Davis, who has previously appeared in Gervais’ Extras in the episode with Daniel Radcliffe where Ricky’s character knocked Davis unconscious (and he also plays Prof. Flitwick in the Harry Potter films).