Winston Churchill - regularly voted the greatest British Prime Minister of all time - was born 140 years ago today (30th November).

Exclusively for BCG, Historian Toby DeWinter gives us a run-down of the top 10 most amazing facts we never knew about the great statesman.

1. He had a special accent he used in private:

2. The phrase 'Iron Curtain' was an ad-lib:

3. He used to drink port for breakfast:

4. Mussollini was a leading cause of obesity:

5. He and Bessie Braddock had a secret affair:

6. Parliament used to organise Easter egg hunts:

7. He had a surprising fondness for gardening:

8. The RAF airfields were far from clean:

9. He spent the Dunkirk Evacuation blind drunk:

10. Vera Lynn had a 'reputation'...

Toby DeWinter's new series Churchill: The Lost Interviews will be airing in 2015, for more information, extracts and articles, visit www.churchillinterviews.co.uk

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