Jamie Hewlett is making a new series on BBC 3 called Phoo Action, it is based on characters from The Face comic strip Get The Freebies, Phoo Action is set in 2012, when London is in the grip of mutant criminals, The Freebies. Only Terry Phoo, a hapless Buddhist kung-fu cop, and unruly teenage heroine Whitey Action, the daughter of Police Chief Benjamin Benson, can save the nation. Together they form an unlikely but effective crime-fighting team who bring together chaos and comedy, mischief and mayhem, to become heroes for a future generation in the face of Britain's super-vile, super-famous mutated criminals.

Cast list Whitey Action – Jaime Winstone Terry Phoo – Eddie Shin Benjamin Benson – Carl Weathers Lady Elenor Rigsby – Talulah Riley Lord Rothwell – Danny Webb Production list Writers – Mat Wakeham – Jessica Hynes – Peter Martin Creator – Jamie Hewlett Director – Euros Lyn Producer – Matthew Read for BBC Scotland Executive Producers – Anne Mensah for BBC Scotland – Tom Astor for Deadline Productions Characters (In the Comic) Whitey Action Terry Phoo Benjamin Benson Lady Elenor Rigsby

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Jamie on set of Phoo Action




Terry Phoo and Whitey Action


Terry Phoo and Whitey Action


Whitey Action's father, Benjamin Benson


The Freebies


The Freebies plotting something evil


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