Warwick Davis wants series two of 'perfect' comedy

Warwick Davis wants series two of 'perfect' comedy
Warwick Davis wants series two of 'perfect' comedy (Image credit: PA Wire/Press Association Images)

Warwick Davis has admitted he's keen to film another series of Life's Too Short, but says it's up to writers Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant. The 3ft 6in actor plays himself in the new mockumentary, which starts on BBC Two on Thursday, November 10, and follows his day-to-day life as a jobbing dwarf actor. "It's as if I sat there and thought 'Right, what would make the perfect comedy series? Let's have a bit of BBC Two, a bit of HBO, get Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant to write and direct it'," said Warwick. "I'd love to bake another cake, but Stephen and Ricky are good at knowing when people have had enough, so we'll have to wait and see." The Harry Potter star worked alongside celebs including Liam Neeson, Sting and Johnny Depp, who took part in the show to make fun of their public personae. "I'd never met Johnny before and it was just fantastic to hang out with him," said Warwick, 41, whose two children Annabel, 13, and Harrison, seven, joined their dad on set that day. "He gave them each a set of beads from Captain Jack's hair and signed autographs and pictures. He's a really good guy." Warwick also had high praise for the show's writers and directors. "It's a whole different ball game so I was very lucky to have Ricky and Stephen there as mentors and brilliant directors," he said. "They know what they want and have a very concise way of working so there's no time-wasting."

Patrick McLennan

Patrick McLennan is a London-based journalist and documentary maker who has worked as a writer, sub-editor, digital editor and TV producer in the UK and New Zealand. His CV includes spells as a news producer at the BBC and TVNZ, as well as web editor for Time Inc UK. He has produced TV news and entertainment features on personalities as diverse as Nick Cave, Tom Hardy, Clive James, Jodie Marsh and Kevin Bacon and he co-produced and directed The Ponds, which has screened in UK cinemas, BBC Four and is currently available on Netflix. 

An entertainment writer with a diverse taste in TV and film, he lists Seinfeld, The Sopranos, The Chase, The Thick of It and Detectorists among his favourite shows, but steers well clear of most sci-fi.