Phoo Action

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'Phoo Action' is an upcoming BBC 3 60 minute TV pilot, and is one of six new dramas which will transmit early 2008^[1]. Phoo Action is based on the Jamie Hewlett-created strip 'Get The Freebies' which ran in The Face (magazine) from June 1996 to June 1997. It stars Jaime Winstone as Whitey Action, Carl Weathers as Police Chief Benjamin 'Ben' Benson and Eddie Shin as Terry Phoo.

The show is set from the perceptive of the disaffected teenage female protagonist, Whitey Action, who joins together with tough gay kung-fu cop Terry Phoo to form a dubious crime-fighting duo who thwart many mutant miscreants of The Freebies Gang on the streets of London in 2012.

The screen adaptation has been written by Matthew Enriquez Wakeham, Jessica Hynes and Peter Martin, and will be directed by Euros Lyn.

Production began in September 2007 at a number of Glasgow locations. Some scenes will be shot inside the main studio at BBC Scotland's Pacific Quay HQ. If the pilot is successful BBC Scotland hope to produce a ten part TV series based on the concept.

[edit] Reception

On Saturday 8th September, before principle photography began, John Patterson of The Guardian, writing in 'The Guide' (a weekly listings magazine), placed Phoo Action at number 13 in his list of '50 Must See Shows' of Autumn^[2]