Michael Portillo
Department: Acting
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
Portillo on Thatcher
2008
Trust Me - I'm a Politician
2003
Taking Sides: Britain and the Civil War
2023
The Summer of Rave, 1989
2006
Partition, 1921
2021
London Under Attack
2004
The Rivals
2001
The One Show
2006
The Terry and Gaby Show
2003
Portillo: The Trouble with the Tories
2019
The Verdict
2007
Portillo: The Trouble with the Tories
2019
This Week
2003
Natural World
1983
Great British Railway Journeys
2010
Christianity: A History
2009
Coastal Devon & Cornwall with Michael Portillo
2021
Portillo's State Secrets
2015
Great Continental Railway Journeys
2012
Railways of the Great War with Michael Portillo
2014
Great Coastal Railway Journeys
2022
Portillo's Andalucia
2023
This World
2004
Great American Railroad Journeys
2016
The Supersizers...
2008
Great Railway Journeys
1980
The Pyrenees with Michael Portillo
2022
Great Indian Railway Journeys
2018
Great Canadian Railway Journeys
2019
Great Alaskan Railroad Journeys
2019
Great Britons
2002
Michael Portillo's Long Weekends
2024
Great Australian Railway Journeys
2019
Question Time
1979
Great Asian Railway Journeys
2020
Portillo's Empire Journey
2020
Hawks and Doves: The Crown and Ireland's War of Independence
2020
Perspectives
2011
Portillo's Hidden History of Britain
2018
Prague with Michael Portillo
2024
Parkinson
1998
Portugal with Michael Portillo
2025
200 Years of The Railways
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Michael Portillo's 200 Years of the Railways
2025
Spain with Michael Portillo
2026
The Big Story
1993
Great Japanese Railway Journeys
2026