Gervais, Merchant sitcom for BBC Two

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BBC Two has commissioned a new sitcom pilot from Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant.

Life's Too Short will be an observational comedy which centres around the day-to-day life of British actor Warwick Davies.

The Star Wars star, who is only 3ft 6in, previously made a guest appearance in Extras.

Janice Hadlow, controller of BBC Two, said: "I'm very excited to see the return of Ricky and Stephen to BBC Two, but also to welcome Warwick Davis, a great talent, to the channel.

"Experimenting with innovative, broad appeal comedy projects are an important part of BBC Two's plans for the future."

Merchant and Gervais, whose last project was coming-of-age movie Cemetery Junction, will play minor roles in the programme, which is also being developed for HBO in America.

Source: DigitalSpy

amacachi

Sounds like an April Fools joke.

JonathanAnon

Dont think so .. Warwick Davis was in one episode of Extras.

jaykhunter

I loved The Office and Extras so i'll definitely give it a go whenever it comes out.

JonathanAnon

well you have to hand it to Ricky.. He could have got three more series out of both The Office and Extras, and really milked them for the money, but chose not to. I dont think any of the American series had the decency to get out without really milking the idea to death. Even my favourite ones:

Frasier - 11 Series (the series was pretty much dead after Niles married Daphne)
Friends - 10 Series (was dead many series before)
King Of Queens - 9 Series

were all flogged do death. With Ricky, you can be sure it will be at least original.

Wreck

Oh man, this sounds like it could be hilarious.

JonathanAnon

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7q_n1sygGSY

That's Warwick in Extras..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jhtQ1KvpHF8

Particularly like this one with Stephen Merchant from the same episode.