Winston Churchill

According to Karl Pilkington...

Winston Churchill was a very weak child. He only spoke to his dad four times in his whole lifetime, he didn't get on with his dad. One of the times when his dad spoke to him he was having a go, saying he didn't do as well in the Army as he wanted him to.

He was a very important bloke, because he did change a lot for us. We wouldn't be sat here now, talking like this, we could've been German. He didn't let that happen. Everyone had a go at him. When Chamberlain was in power, Churchill was saying "Don't be trusting that Hitler!" and everyone was, like "Stop causing trouble. Chamberlain has sorted it out. He sorted out this peace agreement." But it turned out that Hitler did actually do the dirty, and try and come over. He started a problem, and everyone went "Hang on a minute, that Churchill knew what he was talking about. Get him back in charge!" They got him in, and Hitler was scared of him because he knew Churchill wasn't going to have any lies or anything, he couldn't try it on with Churchill.

The most amazing bit is, he wasn't fit, and he had a couple of strokes. But say, he had a stroke on a tuesday, he was up and fighting again on a wednesday, he was a strong bloke. And then he died at about the age of 86. He was really good.

According to Ricky Gervais...

Winston Churchill was a balding man who smoked cigars, and was also "coked up".

Mentions on the Show

• 24 November 2001 - Steve remembers getting a CD of Churchill's wartime speeches for Christmas.
• 23 March 2002 - As part of Educating Karl, the K-man gives his personal account of the life and times of Mr. Churchill. Ricky throws in his bit of knowledge of the man, too.
• 28 May 2005 - Karl cites Churchill as the person he admires most in the world.