Michael Portillo

Acting

Born 26/05/1953
Bushey, Hertfordshire, England, UK

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.

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Known For

Great Central Asian Railway Journeys
2026
Great Korean Railway Journeys
2026
Michael Portillo in Stockholm
2026
Great Japanese Railway Journeys
2026
Spain with Michael Portillo
2026
Michael Portillo's 200 Years of the Railways
2025
Portugal with Michael Portillo
2025
Prague with Michael Portillo
2024
Madrid with Michael Portillo
2024
Michael Portillo's Long Weekends
2024
Portillo's Andalucia
2023
Taking Sides: Britain and the Civil War
2023
The Pyrenees with Michael Portillo
2022
Great Coastal Railway Journeys
2022
Coastal Devon & Cornwall with Michael Portillo
2021
Partition, 1921
2021
Hawks and Doves: The Crown and Ireland's War of Independence
2020
Portillo's Empire Journey
2020
Great Asian Railway Journeys
2020
Great Australian Railway Journeys
2019
Portillo: The Trouble with the Tories
2019
Portillo: The Trouble with the Tories
2019
Great Canadian Railway Journeys
2019
Great Alaskan Railroad Journeys
2019
Portillo's Hidden History of Britain
2018
Great Indian Railway Journeys
2018
Great American Railroad Journeys
2016
Portillo's State Secrets
2015
Railways of the Great War with Michael Portillo
2014
Great Continental Railway Journeys
2012
Perspectives
2011
Great British Railway Journeys
2010
The Supersizers...
2008
Portillo on Thatcher
2008
The One Show
2006
The Summer of Rave, 1989
2006
This World
2004
Trust Me - I'm a Politician
2003
This Week
2003
Great Britons
2002
The Rivals
2001
Parkinson
1998
The Day Today
1994
Natural World
1983
Great Railway Journeys
1980
Question Time
1979