Michael Portillo
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
TV
The One Show
Self
2006
TV
Parkinson
Self
1998
TV
Question Time
Self - Panellist
1979
TV
Natural World
1983
TV
This Week
Self - Panelist
2003
TV
This World
2004
TV
The Terry and Gaby Show
2003
TV
Great British Railway Journeys
Self - Presenter
2010
TV
Great Railway Journeys
Self - Presenter
1980
TV
Perspectives
2011
TV
Great Britons
Self
2002
TV
The Supersizers...
Participant
2008
TV
Great Continental Railway Journeys
Self - Presenter
2012
TV
Great American Railroad Journeys
Self - Presenter
2016
TV
Railways of the Great War with Michael Portillo
Self - Presenter
2014
TV
The Verdict
2007
TV
Great Coastal Railway Journeys
Presenter
2022
TV
Great Australian Railway Journeys
Self - Presenter
2019
TV
The Big Story
1993
TV
Portugal with Michael Portillo
Himself
2025
Filmography
2026TVSpain with Michael Portillo2025TVMichael Portillo's 200 Years of the Railwaysas Self - Presenter2025TVPortugal with Michael Portilloas Himself2024TVPrague with Michael Portilloas Presenter2024TVMichael Portillo's Long Weekendsas Presenter2023TVPortillo's Andaluciaas Presenter2023FilmTaking Sides: Britain and the Civil Waras Presenter2022TVThe Pyrenees with Michael Portilloas Self2022TVGreat Coastal Railway Journeysas Presenter2021TVCoastal Devon & Cornwall with Michael Portilloas Self - Host2021FilmPartition, 1921as Presenter2020TVHawks and Doves: The Crown and Ireland's War of Independenceas Self2020TVPortillo's Empire Journey2020TVGreat Asian Railway Journeysas Self - Presenter2019TVGreat Australian Railway Journeysas Self - Presenter2019TVPortillo: The Trouble with the Toriesas Presenter2019TVGreat Canadian Railway Journeysas Self - Presenter2019TVGreat Alaskan Railroad Journeysas Self - Presenter2018TVPortillo's Hidden History of Britainas Self - Host2018TVGreat Indian Railway Journeysas Self - Presenter2016TVGreat American Railroad Journeysas Self - Presenter2015TVPortillo's State Secretsas Self - Host2014TVRailways of the Great War with Michael Portilloas Self - Presenter2012TVGreat Continental Railway Journeysas Self - Presenter2011TVPerspectives2010TVGreat British Railway Journeysas Self - Presenter2009TVChristianity: A Historyas Self2008TVThe Supersizers...as Participant2008FilmPortillo on Thatcheras Self2007TVThe Verdict2006TVThe One Showas Self2006FilmThe Summer of Rave, 1989as Self2004FilmLondon Under Attackas Self2004TVThis World2003TVThe Terry and Gaby Show2003FilmTrust Me - I'm a Politicianas Self2003TVThis Weekas Self - Panelist2002TVGreat Britonsas Self1998TVParkinsonas Self1993TVThe Big Story1983TVNatural World1980TVGreat Railway Journeysas Self - Presenter1979TVQuestion Timeas Self - Panellist—TV200 Years of The Railwaysas Michael