Gorillaz Animator Producing New TV Show

The artist behind the faces of Gorillaz' 2D, Noodle, Russel Hobbs and Murdoc Niccals is creating a new TV show for the BBC. Gorillaz creator Jamie Hewlett, also co-creator of the comic book Tank Girl, is producing a 60-minute special BBC 3 called Phoo Action. Based on characters created by Hewlett 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."The show airs on BBC February 12th at 8PM. A preview for the show, which is not animated, can be viewed on "the show's MySpace page":http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=55802552 or below.Hewlett & his art