Phil Wang
Philip Nathaniel Sin Goi Wang (born 22 January 1990) is a British-Malaysian stand-up comedian and comedy writer who is a member of the sketch comedy group Daphne, and co-creator of their BBC Radio 4 series, "Daphne Sounds Expensive". He currently hosts the comedy podcast ‘BudPod’ with fellow comedian and Footlights alumnus Pierre Novellie. Early life. Wang was born in Stoke-on-Trent to an English mother from Stoke and a Chinese-Malaysian father. One week after his birth, his family returned to his father's home town of Kota Kinabalu in Malaysia, where his parents  had first met in 1982. His mother, a trained archaeologist, had moved to Malaysia as a volunteer with the Voluntary Service Overseas (VSO). Wang's maternal grandfather was from Derbyshire and became the manager of a tea estate in Assam, India, where his mother spent part of her childhood. Wang grew up in Malaysia, where he was taught in Malay, Mandarin and English. He took GCSEs at Jerudong International School in Brunei. When he was 16, his family moved back to the UK, to Bath, Somerset. There he attended Kingswood School. He then studied engineering at King's College, Cambridge , where he was also president of the Cambridge Footlights. Career. Wang won the 2010 Chortle Student Comedian of the Year Award and, in 2011, Comedy Central's Funniest Student Award. In 2012, he was president of Footlights at Cambridge University, where he did a four-year engineering degree. Wang has since performed at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe and at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival. Wang has appeared in "The Rob Brydon Show", "Comedy Up Late", "About Tonight", "It Was Alright in the 70's", "Room 101", "Have I Got News for You", "Unspun with Matt Forde", "Would I Lie to  You?", "Live at the Apollo", "8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown", "The Dog Ate My Homework", "Hypothetical", and "Insert Name Here". He has also acted in the sitcom "Top Coppers". In January 2018, he took part in Comedy Central's "Roast Battle", hosted by Jimmy Carr, in which he battled friend and fellow comedian Ed Gamble; Wang won the battle. He has recorded two full length stand-up shows, which are available to watch for free on his YouTube Channel. Wang has also written for "The Guardian". In 2017 Phil Wang appeared in the podcast series "Pappy's Flatshare  Slamdown" and "Do the Right Thing". On 4 July 2018 it was announced that Phil would be one of the contestants in series 7 of "Taskmaster". Tasks he won included 'Make the best noise' and 'Most surprisingly beautiful thing'. Wang is currently working on a stand-up comedy series for BBC Radio 4 titled "Wangsplaining". The pilot episode aired on 19 May 2019 on BBC Radio 4. In 2020, he appeared on "Kevin McCloud's Rough Guide to the Future". During December 2020, he appeared on "Have I Got News For You". In May 2021, he hosted a new podcast  called "Phil Wang Hates Horror", which was released on Audible. His Netflix comedy special, "Phil Wang: Philly Philly Wang Wang", was released in August 2021. Shortly after, he released his first book "Sidesplitter: How to Be from Two Worlds at Once" in September 2021.