Ricky Gervais

Life's Too Short was another poor offering from Gervais

Life's Too Short saw Steve Carrell and Les Dennis join the rambling list of celebrities Ricky Gervais and Merchant have assembled to star in the series, but it wasn't enough to save this disappointing comedy.

After the low point, as it were, of last week, things pick up slightly, so instead of feeling outrageous and misjudged, the comedy feels merely flat and undercooked. Warwick Davies does sterling work but the kind of deluded, conceited anti-hero he plays needs meaty plots to romp around in and here not enough happens.

Davies's character looks at a flat and gets locked in the bathroom; makes a play to oust the dull chairman of his dwarves' rights group; and sits in on a Skype chat between Ricky Gervais and Steve Carell that goes badly wrong.

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Thursday night seems to be BBC Two's night for comedies that don't actually provide many laughs (see Rev). In Ricky Gervais's dwarf mockumentary, Warwick Davis finds his estranged wife is getting comfy with her solicitor - who has already moved his slippers into the former marital home. It's another enjoyable episode, but far from laugh-out-loud funny.

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