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Warwick Davis

December 2022

  • Not just a fantasy … Francesca Mills in The Witcher: Blood Origin.

    ‘Hardly seen as human at all’: will fantasy ever beat its dwarfism problem?

    From the idea that people with dwarfism are fictional creatures to deeply weird on-screen portrayals, our depiction has long been insulting. Might Willow and The Witcher change all that?

November 2022

  • Warwick Davis, in a camouflage vest, holding a carved stick next to a fern in the forest

    TV review
    Willow review – Warwick Davis’s fantasy reboot is lots of fun … until he appears

    The Disney+ revamp of the 80s movie is a sassy, brisk coming-of-age caper. Then the lead actor appears, fantasy gubbins bogs the action down – and the comedy goes awry
  • Warwick Davis reprises his role as Willow Ufgood In Willow.

    ‘David Bowie had seven pairs of socks down his tights’: Warwick Davis on reboots, relationships and rock stars

    George Lucas wrote Willow for Warwick Davis after seeing him play an Ewok in Star Wars. As the actor returns as the baby-saving sorcerer, he talks about Val Kilmer pep talks, the Harry Potter shoot – and channelling a Ricky Gervais sitcom
  • Steve Carell in The Patient.

    The seven best shows to stream this week
    The Patient to Willow: the seven best shows to stream this week

    Steve Carell and Domnhall Gleeson star in a gripping doctor-patient thriller, while Warwick Davis is off on another quest as the beloved sorcerer

November 2017

  • Warwick Davis

    The Q&A
    Warwick Davis: ‘My superpower? Flight’

    The actor on his campervan, chocolate biscuits and UFO documentaries

November 2016

  • The 2015 cast of Snow White and the Seven Dwarves in Bristol including Warwick Davis (far left) and Peter Burrows (centre).

    Shortcuts
    Why are pantos casting tall people as dwarves?

    Non-dwarf actors are being hired for panto roles normally played by real dwarves because they’re cheaper. And the shorter members of the acting community are not amused …

April 2015

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    TV review
    Weekend Escapes with Warwick Davis review – vaccum cleaner museums and mountain rescue

    Need some inspiration on where to take your family on holiday? Look no further – Warwick Davis is here to test climbing giant bird tables and being rescued from a mountainside on your behalf

January 2015

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    Warwick Davis: ‘Being angry would be a waste of my life’

    Archie Bland: Having transformed from a successful but anonymous rent-a-goblin actor into the host of two primetime ITV shows, Britain’s most famous dwarf says he has plenty to be thankful for

October 2014

  • Warwick Davis

    Warwick Davis to feel the force of Star Wars: Episode 7

    Online video suggests actor will return to the space epic franchise, three decades on from his Star Wars debut as Wicket the Ewok in Return of the Jedi

September 2014

  • Warwick Davis revives ITV's CelebritySquares.

    Mark Lawson on television
    Celebrity Squares has had a facelift, but do its star names deserve better?

    The gameshow, which ran in the 1970s and 1990s, has been brought back by ITV with Warwick Davis hosting. But how will its creaky noughts-and-crosses format fare in the modern age, asks Mark Lawson

April 2014

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    Life's Too Short's Warwick Davis to host new series of Celebrity Squares

    Gameshow previously presented by Bob Monkhouse to return to TV screens with actor whose credits include Return of the Jedi

April 2013

  • Matt Smith and Jenna-Louise Coleman in Doctor Who

    TV review
    Doctor Who; The Voice; Life's Too Short; The Village – TV review

    Sam Wollaston: New assistant Clara adds fizz to the Tardis in the splendidly scary Doctor Who adventure The Bells of St John

February 2013

  • Life's Too Short

    Ricky Gervais sitcom Life's Too Short will not be back for second series

    BBC2 series starring Warwick Davis, which failed to repeat success of Extras and The Office, to end after one-hour special. By John Plunkett

April 2012

  • Tanya Gold

    Ricky Gervais, there is no justification for this lazy cruelty

    Tanya Gold
    Tanya Gold: Gervais satirising prejudice against disability? No, in Derek he's just a self-serving hypocrite, feeding bigots their lines

March 2012

  • Warwick Davis and family

    My family values
    Warwick Davis: My family values

  • Warwick Davies

    Ricky Gervais's BBC2 comedy Life's Too Short faces an uncertain future

February 2012

  • Warwick Davis talks about disability: transcript

  • Talking about disability
    Warwick Davis: 'Life's Too Short reflected my world' - video

December 2011

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    I long for the day when someone with dwarfism reads the news

    Eugene Grant
    Eugene Grant: There's no point banning TV shows and films that ridicule us, but it would be great if we were featured as the people we really are

November 2011

  • Life's Too Short

    Life's Too Short loses viewers for second week running

    Third episode of Ricky Gervais comedy series watched by 1.3 million people. By John Plunkett
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