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Monkey

Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant's short stories

Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant on their directing their feature debut, Cemetery Junction
Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant. Photograph: guardian.co.uk

First there was The Office. Then there was Extras. The next series from Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant will be Life's Too Short, a sitcom about actor Warwick Davis, who is 3ft 6in tall. "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," Gervais tells the new issue of Radio Times, out today. But Monkey thought Extras was supposed to be like Curb Your Enthusiasm? Anyway, Gervais suggests his new project may not be on the BBC. "They can bid for it!" Gervais tells the magazine. "Yes, it is for the BBC. At the moment." Let's hope his comments don't start a bidding war. Life's too short.

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