Richard Sandling is a British comedian film reviewer presenter writer director actor and musician from South Benfleet He won So You Think Youre Funny in 2007 Sandling has said that he sought a career in comedy and has performed at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe a number of times both as a solo act and as part of duo with Stuart Goldsmith He is also the alter ego of Spak Whitman and has performed comedy all over the UK as well as America and Canada Sandling runs Perfect Movie in London a stand up and sketch comedy night all about films featuring recreations of top comedians He also occasionally runs the Squat Betty comedy night in Southend He was the Myspacecomcomedy film reviewer for a time and is featured in the documentary The People vs George Lucas He can also be seen in Peep Show series 7 Trinny Susannah From Boom to Bust and Miranda series 2 He is a regular performer at Robin Inces Book Club and School for Gifted Children shows in London and at Latitude Festival and in 2008 was part of the Montreal Just For Laughs Britcom Show