Person
Michael Portillo
Acting · Born 1953-05-26 · Bushey, Hertfordshire, England, UK
Biography
Michael Denzil Xavier Portillo is a British journalist, broadcaster, and former Conservative politician. He was first elected to the House of Commons in a by-election in 1984.
Known for
Natural World
1983
The One Show
Self
Question Time
Self - Panellist
Parkinson
Self
This Week
Self - Panelist
Great British Railway Journeys
Self - Presenter
This World
2004
The Terry and Gaby Show
2003
Great Continental Railway Journeys
Self - Presenter
Perspectives
2011
Filmography
- 2026Great Central Asian Railway JourneysSelf - Presenter
- 2026Great Korean Railway JourneysSelf - Presenter
- 2026Great Japanese Railway JourneysSelf - Presenter
- 2026Spain with Michael Portillo
- 2025Michael Portillo's 200 Years of the RailwaysSelf - Presenter
- 2025Portugal with Michael PortilloHimself
- 2024Prague with Michael PortilloPresenter
- 2024Michael Portillo's Long WeekendsPresenter
- 2023Portillo's AndaluciaPresenter
- 2023Taking Sides: Britain and the Civil WarPresenter
- 2022The Pyrenees with Michael PortilloSelf
- 2022Great Coastal Railway JourneysPresenter
- 2021Coastal Devon & Cornwall with Michael PortilloSelf - Host
- 2021Partition, 1921Presenter
- 2020Hawks and Doves: The Crown and Ireland's War of IndependenceSelf
- 2020Portillo's Empire Journey
- 2020Great Asian Railway JourneysSelf - Presenter
- 2019Great Australian Railway JourneysSelf - Presenter
- 2019Portillo: The Trouble with the ToriesPresenter
- 2019Great Canadian Railway JourneysSelf - Presenter
- 2019Great Alaskan Railroad JourneysSelf - Presenter
- 2018Portillo's Hidden History of BritainSelf - Host
- 2018Great Indian Railway JourneysSelf - Presenter
- 2017Avenge the CrowsLeadman
- 2016Great American Railroad JourneysSelf - Presenter
- 2015Portillo's State SecretsSelf - Host
- 2014Railways of the Great War with Michael PortilloSelf - Presenter
- 2012Great Continental Railway JourneysSelf - Presenter
- 2011Perspectives
- 2010Great British Railway JourneysSelf - Presenter
- 2009Christianity: A HistorySelf
- 2008The Supersizers...Participant
- 2008Portillo on ThatcherSelf
- 2007The Verdict
- 2006The One ShowSelf
- 2006The Summer of Rave, 1989Self
- 2004London Under AttackSelf
- 2004This World
- 2003The Terry and Gaby Show
- 2003Trust Me - I'm a PoliticianSelf
- 2003This WeekSelf - Panelist
- 2002Great BritonsSelf
- 2001The Rivals
- 1998ParkinsonSelf
- 1993The Big Story
- 1983Natural World
- 1980Great Railway JourneysSelf - Presenter
- 1979Question TimeSelf - Panellist
- —200 Years of The RailwaysMichael
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