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Life's Too Short

2011 · 1 season

A cringe-inducing, awkward comedy that makes you squirm while laughing at a self-absorbed man's petty humiliations.

Created by
Warwick Davis, Stephen Merchant
Genres
Comedy
Starring
Warwick Davis, Ricky Gervais, Stephen Merchant
Overview
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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Created by
Warwick Davis, Stephen Merchant
Genres
Comedy
Starring
Warwick Davis, Ricky Gervais, Stephen Merchant
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How it feels

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Tone
  • cynicalstrength 3 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • absurdstrength 2 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • identity
  • celebrity
  • isolation
  • ambition
  • class
Places
  • big city
  • workplace
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • mockumentary
  • single location
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language strong
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror1
Humour8
Realism6
Romance1
Tension3
Darkness5
Complexity4
Emotional weight5

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Genres
comedy
Created by
Warwick Davis, Stephen Merchant, Ricky Gervais
Written by
Stephen Merchant, Ricky Gervais
Starring
Warwick Davis, Ricky Gervais, Stephen Merchant, Jo Enright, Steve Brody, Shaun Williamson, Rosamund Hanson, Liam Neeson
Length
1 seasons, 7 episodes, 30 min each
Network
BBC Two
Country
United Kingdom
Languages
English

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