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"Ricky Gervais has reportedly begun filming the pilot for a new comedy series set in a nursing home.  The Cemetery Junction star is said to have approached Sean Connery to star in the planned show, which has been given the working title Derek.    &amp;quot;They&amp;#039;re filming a pilot in London,&amp;quot; a source told The Sun. &amp;quot;It&amp;#039;s early days but it looks brilliant. &amp;quot;Ricky is in charge of the project and plays a man called Derek, living in an old people&amp;#039;s home, while Sean has been asked to play his elderly mate in the home.&amp;quot; The insider added: &amp;quot;Ricky is keen to get it in the bag because his sitcom Life&amp;#039;s Too Short hasn&amp;#039;t been getting great viewing figures.&amp;quot; Warwick Davis, star of Life&amp;#039;s Too Short, recently confirmed to Digital Spy that Gervais is planning to pair him up with Karl Pilkington for world travel documentary The Short Way Round.  Gervais was announced as the host for next year&amp;#039;s Golden Globes ceremony earlier this month.  Watch Warwick Davis talking about The Short Way Round below:  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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