

Life's Too Short
2011-11-10 · 30 min / episode · ★ 7.2
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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- Ricky Gervais, Stephen Merchant, Warwick Davis
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- Backlash Productions
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- United Kingdom
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Warwick DavisWarwick Davis
Ricky GervaisRicky Gervais
Stephen MerchantStephen Merchant
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