Life's Too Short (2011)

Name: Life's Too Short
Genre: Comedy
Rating: 7.5
Cast: Warwick Davis, Ricky Gervais, Stephen Merchant, Shaun Williamson

Comedy

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".

IMDb rating: 7.5 (17,412 votes)
Episode average: 7.3 -0.2 vs IMDb
Seasons: 1
Language: EN
Type: TV series

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Cast

Warwick Davis Warwick Davis
Ricky Gervais Ricky Gervais
Stephen Merchant Stephen Merchant
Shaun Williamson Shaun Williamson

Seasons

Season 1 (2011)

7.30 avg 7 episodes 7.6 → 7.3 28 min avg

Season 1 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Episode #1.1	7.6	434
2	Episode #1.2	7.8	416
3	Episode #1.3	7.3	323
4	Episode #1.4	7.1	305
5	Episode #1.5	6.9	290
6	Episode #1.6	7.1	275
7	Episode #1.7	7.3	265