Despite poor ratings on the launch of it’s pilot show, BBC Three’s Phoo Action has been commissioned as a full series by Beeb boss, Danny Cohen.

On Tuesday night the pilot of the show pulled in just 232,000 viewers, down on the average for the BBC3 9pm slot.

A BBC spokeswoman said: “We really believe in the originality and boldness of Phoo Action. It’s fantastic news.”

Car chases, kung-fu and comedy come together in the wonderfully warped world of Phoo Action – an offbeat 60-minute drama special for BBC Three.

Based on characters created by Jamie Hewlett (Gorillaz, Tank Girl) for 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. Read more & comment »