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Johnny Vegas and writer Graham Duff are bringing their cult sitcom Ideal to the stage to celebrate its 20th anniversary, here are the details.

Johnny Vegas – real name Michael Pennington – began his career as a esoteric stand up comic. In his performances he often incorporated pottery, using the skills he learnt completing a BA in Art and Ceramics.

He worked his way up the comedy circuit, eventually joining Stewart Lee, Simon Munnery and Roger Mann in comedy troupe Club Zarathustra in the late 1990s. And the following decade, he properly broke into television.

Ideal is a sitcom written by Graham Duff. that premiered in 2005, Vegas starred as Moz, a drug dealer in Manchester, and his eclectic clientele with whom he does business in his squalid flat. Regular characters included Cartoon Head, a sinister, silent figure never seen without his mouse mask head, Nicola Reynolds as Moz’s girlfriend Nicki,. Duff...

The Job Lot has been recommissioned for a third series.

The ITV2 comedy will begin filming new episodes in the spring, with Sarah Hadland and Russell Tovey set to return as Trish and Karl.

Laura Aikman, Jo Enright, Angela Curran, Martin Marquez and Sophie McShera will also reprise their roles in the new series.

The second series concluded with Tovey's Karl finally getting together with deputy manager Natalie, played by Aikman. The third series will see their relationship put to the test in the workplace.

Saskia Schuster, ITV's Comedy Commissioner, said: "We're really happy to bring back this delightfully warm comedy set in a Midlands job centre. The scripts are yet again superbly written as we catch up with our favourite characters."

Angela Jain, Director of Digital Channels and Acquisitions, said "The Job Lot is a brilliantly sharp comedy and we're really pleased to have it back for a third series.

ITV has confirmed more details about The Job Lot's second series.

The sitcom will begin its second run on its new home of ITV2 in the autumn, with Russell Tovey and Sarah Hadland returning as Karl and Trish.

Casualty's Laura Aikman has joined the cast as new Deputy Manager Natalie, while Sophie McShera, Tony Maudsley, Jo Enright, Martin Marquez, Angela Curran and Adeel Akhtar all return.

Among the second series' guest stars are Meera Syal as a CEO of a Midlands hot tub company and Keith Duffy as a telephone engineer with a 'roving eye'.

Mark Benton will appear as a job centre advisor who fancies Angela, and Rosie Cavaliero as Trish's rival job centre manager.

"It's great to welcome back the brilliantly beleaguered workers and job seekers of the Brownall Job Centre - and this time round with some excellent guest stars, who'll be joining our regular ensemble comedy cast,...

Russell Tovey has said that he is "incredibly excited" to start work on new ITV comedy The Job Lot. The Him & Her star will appear opposite Miranda's Sarah Hadland in the sitcom, which is set in a busy West Midlands Jobcentre. "Incredibly excitedly excited to begin the new ITV adventure that is The Job Lot," said Tovey. "Superb scripts... gifted actors... and a Jobcentre... the dream." Hadland added: "I challenge Russell Tovey to an 'excitement-off' over new comedy The Job Lot - I am more excited than him - great scripts, cast and of course [my character] Trish - a desperate woman with a very aggressive perm and a love of beige." Tovey will play reluctant Jobcentre worker Karl, who works for Hadland's Trish alongside the sour Angela (Jo Enright) and new mother Danielle (more)...

Ricky Gervais is returning to HBO in the faux documentary "Life's Too Short," starring "Star Wars" actor Warwick Davis and guest starring Gervais and a few of his famous friends.

"Life's Too Short," from Gervais and Stephen Merchant, is a fictional documentary about Davis' life as a little person who's down on his luck, struggling to get back into the spotlight. Davis plays a fictionalized version of himself and runs a talent agency for little people in show business, called "Dwarves for Hire," though he often takes the roles for himself. He also serves as a vice chairman of a society for little people.

Each episode will also feature cameos from some big names, including Johnny Depp, Liam Neeson, Sting, Helena Bonham Carter, Steve Carell and "So You Think You Can Dance" host Cat Deeley. Gervais and Merchant will also play themselves in supporting roles.

Other cast regulars include Jo Enright...

Ricky Gervais is returning to HBO in the faux documentary "Life's Too Short," starring "Star Wars" actor Warwick Davis and guest starring Gervais and a few of his famous friends.

"Life's Too Short," from Gervais and Stephen Merchant, is a fictional documentary about Davis' life as a little person who's down on his luck, struggling to get back into the spotlight. Davis plays a fictionalized version of himself and runs a talent agency for little people in show business, called "Dwarves for Hire," though he often takes the roles for himself. He also serves as a vice chairman of a society for little people.

Each episode will also feature cameos from some big names, including Johnny Depp, Liam Neeson, Sting, Helena Bonham Carter, Steve Carell and "So You Think You Can Dance" host Cat Deeley. Gervais and Merchant will also play themselves in supporting roles.

Other cast regulars include Jo Enright...

Ricky Gervais has begun the production of new series "Life's Too Short", which he promotes in a teaser. The British actor appears with lead star Warwick Davis as well as co-writer and co-creator Stephen Merchant in the sneak peek to explain a bit about the show.

A seven-episode series, it is a faux documentary like "The Office" and will feature a number of celebrity cameos like "Extras". Those who are set to make appearance are Steve Carell (former star of America's "Office"), Johnny Depp and Sting.

The show follows Davis as a fictionalized version of himself, a person who has fallen on hard times and desperately tries to hustle and connive his way back into the spotlight. Jo Enright joins the regular cast as Davis' wife Sue, while Rosamund Hanson will portray his assistant Cheryl. Gervais and Merchant will also play themselves in minor roles.

"Life's Too Short" will be...

Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant have begun production on their next comedy series, but they won't be on camera as much with this one as they were in "Extras" and "The Office."

The duo are writing and executive producing "Life's Too Short," a fake documentary starring actor Warwick Davis (Prof. Flitwick in the "Harry Potter" movies) that premieres on the BBC later this year and on HBO in 2012. Davis is playing a version of himself who's fallen on hard times and is scraping his way back into the limelight -- in part by agreeing to let cameras follow him around.

Jo Enright and Rosamund Hanson also star. As with "Extras," the show will also feature a number of celebrity cameos, including ones from American "Office" star Steve Carell, Johnny Depp and Sting. Gervais and Merchant will also have "minor" on-camera parts as themselves, HBO says.

Gervais explains a little bit...

After months of speculation, HBO today officially confirmed that it will carry Life's Too Short, the new comedy series from Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant, creators of The Office, Extras and The Ricky Gervais Show. The seven-episode series, which will debut on BBC Two later this year, will air on HBO in 2012. Like The Office and Extras, Life's Too Short is a faux documentary. It stars 3 ft. 6 in. actor Warwick Davis as a fictionalized version of himself: a down-and-out little person desperately trying to hustle and connive his way back into the spotlight. Each episode will feature cameos by stars, including Johnny Depp, Sting and Steve Carell, along with Gervais and Merchant playing themselves in minor roles. Other cast regulars include Jo Enright as Davis’ wife Sue and Rosamund Hanson as his assistant Cheryl. Here is the first teaser released by BBC Two:...