Michael Portillo

Person

Michael Portillo

Acting 73 May 26, 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

Popular titles

The One Show

The One Show

4.4 2006 TV Show
Question Time

Question Time

5.9 1979 TV Show
Natural World

Natural World

7.4 1983 TV Show
Parkinson

Parkinson

1998 TV Show
This Week

This Week

7.0 2003 TV Show
The Day Today

The Day Today

8.2 1994 TV Show
Great British Railway Journeys

Great British Railway Journeys

7.4 2010 TV Show
This World

This World

6.0 2004 TV Show
Perspectives

Perspectives

2011 TV Show
Great Continental Railway Journeys

Great Continental Railway Journeys

8.5 2012 TV Show
Great American Railroad Journeys

Great American Railroad Journeys

8.3 2016 TV Show
Great Railway Journeys

Great Railway Journeys

7.0 1980 TV Show

Filmography

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2026
    Great Central Asian Railway Journeys

    TV show Self - Presenter

  2. 2026
    Great Korean Railway Journeys

    TV show Self - Presenter

  3. 2026
    Michael Portillo in Stockholm

    TV show

  4. 2026
    Great Japanese Railway Journeys

    TV show Self - Presenter

  5. 2026
    Spain with Michael Portillo

    TV show

  6. 2025
    Michael Portillo's 200 Years of the Railways

    TV show Self - Presenter

  7. 2025
    Portugal with Michael Portillo

    TV show Himself

  8. 2024
    Prague with Michael Portillo

    TV show Presenter

  9. 2024
    Madrid with Michael Portillo

    TV show Himself

  10. 2024
    Michael Portillo's Long Weekends

    TV show Presenter

  11. 2023
    Portillo's Andalucia

    TV show Presenter

  12. 2023
    Taking Sides: Britain and the Civil War

    Movie Presenter

  13. 2022
    The Pyrenees with Michael Portillo

    TV show Self

  14. 2022
    Great Coastal Railway Journeys

    TV show Presenter

  15. 2021
    Coastal Devon & Cornwall with Michael Portillo

    TV show Self - Host

  16. 2021
    Partition, 1921

    Movie Presenter

More credits
  1. 2020
    Hawks and Doves: The Crown and Ireland's War of Independence

    TV show Self

  2. 2020
    Portillo's Empire Journey

    TV show

  3. 2020
    Great Asian Railway Journeys

    TV show Self - Presenter

  4. 2019
    Great Australian Railway Journeys

    TV show Self - Presenter

  5. 2019
    Portillo: The Trouble with the Tories

    TV show Presenter

  6. 2019
    Great Canadian Railway Journeys

    TV show Self - Presenter

  7. 2019
    Great Alaskan Railroad Journeys

    TV show Self - Presenter

  8. 2018
    Portillo's Hidden History of Britain

    TV show Self - Host

  9. 2018
    Great Indian Railway Journeys

    TV show Self - Presenter

  10. 2017
    Avenge the Crows

    Movie Leadman

  11. 2017
    Spanish Civil War

    TV show Self - Narrator

  12. 2016
    Great American Railroad Journeys

    TV show Self - Presenter

  13. 2015
    Portillo's State Secrets

    TV show Self - Host

  14. 2014
    Railways of the Great War with Michael Portillo

    TV show Self - Presenter

  15. 2012
    Great Continental Railway Journeys

    TV show Self - Presenter

  16. 2011
    Perspectives

    TV show

  17. 2010
    Great British Railway Journeys

    TV show Self - Presenter

  18. 2009
    Christianity: A History

    TV show Self

  19. 2008
    The Supersizers...

    TV show Participant

  20. 2008
    Portillo on Thatcher

    Movie Self

  21. 2007
    The Verdict

    TV show

  22. 2006
    The One Show

    TV show Self

  23. 2006
    The Summer of Rave, 1989

    Movie Self

  24. 2004
    London Under Attack

    Movie Self