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" Ricky Gervais has claimed that new show Life&amp;#039;s Too Short is his funniest comedy yet. The comic has co-created the BBC Two / HBO series, which stars dwarf actor Warwick Davis, with writing partner Stephen Merchant. &amp;quot;It hasn&amp;#039;t got some of the zeitgeist that maybe The Office had or some of the drama and the satire of Extras, but given an amount of ingredients, you can only have so many percentages of each,&amp;quot; he told What&amp;#039;s on TV. &amp;quot;The Office was 50/50 comedy and pathos, this is 80/20. It is just funny.&amp;quot; Gervais also praised Life&amp;#039;s Too Short guest star Liam Neeson, who plays an exaggerated version of himself in the first episode. &amp;quot;He was great,&amp;quot; said the comedian. &amp;quot;The reason we chose him was because of the juxtaposition of how people see him through all his roles, a very serious man, the new John Wayne! That scene [with Liam] takes up 50% of the outtakes.&amp;quot;  Johnny Depp, Cat Deeley and Sophie Ellis Bextor have already signed up for cameos alongside Les Dennis, Shaun Williamson, Sting and Steve Carell. Life&amp;#039;s Too Short begins on Thursday, November 10 at 9.30pm on BBC Two. &amp;amp;gt; Ricky Gervais denies &amp;#039;dwarf cruelty&amp;#039; on Life&amp;#039;s Too Short Watch a clip of Johnny Depp on Life&amp;#039;s Too Short below:      "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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