Life's Too Short
Created by Ricky Gervais, Stephen Merchant, Warwick Davis
On BBC Two
A sharp, irreverent mockumentary comedy about a struggling actor navigating showbiz indignities, built on cringe humour and direct-to-camera commentary.
Life's Too Short is a British sitcom mockumentary created and written by Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant from an idea by Warwick Davis, and is as described by Gervais, about "the life of a showbiz dwarf".
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