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Phoo Action is a BBC Three 60 minute TV pilot,〔(BBC Press office )〕 one of six drama pilots that were transmitted in early 2008, and was first broadcast on 12 February 2008 at 21:00 UTC.〔(BBC Press Release )〕 ''Phoo Action'' is based on the Jamie Hewlett-created strip ''Get the Freebies'', which ran in ''The Face'' from June 1996 to June 1997.〔(1st Episode of Get the Freebies. The Face. 07/97 )〕 It stars Jaime Winstone as Whitey Action, Carl Weathers as Police Chief Benjamin "Ben" Benson and Eddie Shin as Terry Phoo. Ratings were reported at 232k (105k down on the slot average, with a proportionately lower audience share).〔(BBC3 relaunch brought down to Earth; MediaGuardian.co.uk, 13 February 2008 )〕 A full six-part series was commissioned to begin shooting later in 2008 for broadcast in 2009.〔(Daily Record report 14 February 2008 )〕 However, just before production was due to begin the BBC announced that the series was cancelled.〔http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture/garethmcleanblog/2008/nov/17/phoo-action-itv-laura-mackie〕 The show is set from the perspective of the disaffected teenage female protagonist, Whitey Action, who joins together with tough guy 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 was written by Matthew Enriquez Wakeham,〔(Mat Wakeham'sIMDB page )〕 Jessica Hynes and Peter Martin,〔(Peter Martin's IMDB page )〕 and directed by Euros Lyn. Production began in September 2007 at a number of Glasgow locations. Some scenes were shot inside the main studio at BBC Scotland's Pacific Quay Studios. ==Plot== Whitey Action is daughter of Ben Benson, the New Yorker Chief of the London police. When The Queen is killed by a gang of mutants, known as The Freebies, Whitey guesses they are behind the murder while her father's forces focus their attentions on a single 'a mutant insurgent' suspect. Terry Phoo, a highly trained combat cop from the Hong Kong JKD police force is called in by Benson's superior, Lord Rothwell, as he is supposedly an expert at fighting mutants. However, his investigative skills leave much to be desired. 〔(Double Viking - Real Men Love Phoo Action )〕〔(Inside Track Image of the week: Phoo Action!C J Hubbard )〕 The Freebies are castigated by a mysterious group of sinister characters known as the Star Chamber for killing the Queen as they were supposed to mutate her not murder her. The Star Chamber give the Freebies one last chance, demanding that William is mutated before he is crowned. While at a party in the Freebies nightclub, Whitey sees Princes William and Harry being led off by the Freebies, and she causes a big scene, preventing them from being captured but getting herself arrested by Terry Phoo. Convincing him that she is a special agent, he takes her to his hotel room, where, while looking for chocolate, she finds a case containing 'the Buddha's loincloth that transforms into a pair of hotpants, which she immediately tries on. Phoo is rather shocked by this, especially when she pulls a giant chocolate egg out of them and the legend of a 'Chosen One' who is destined to use their power is revealed. Whitey can pull anything she desires from the pants and Terry decides this means that she is the Chosen One.〔(Richard Vine The Observer 13 February 2008 'One-shot wonders' )〕 Together Phoo and Action save the Princes from the evil plot to mutate them, and the subsequent plot to set the lead mutant, Jimmy Freebie, on the throne. The story ends, however, with William beginning to mutate as he is crowned, the Star Chamber seem to have won this battle despite the Freebies bungling and Phoo Action's best efforts.〔〔(Timesonline Last Night's TV Andrew Billen )〕〔(Den of the Geek Phoo Action review Rob Mclaughlin )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Phoo Action」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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