Michael Portillo
Acting1953Bushey, 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
Acting History
Future
200 Years of The Railways
TVas Michael• 1 eps
2025
The One Show
TVas Self• 1 eps
Portugal with Michael Portillo
TVas Himself• 6 eps
Michael Portillo's 200 Years of the Railways
TVas Self - Presenter• 2 eps
2024
Michael Portillo's Long Weekends
TVas Presenter• 6 eps
Prague with Michael Portillo
TVas Presenter• 3 eps
2023
Taking Sides: Britain and the Civil War
as Presenter
Portillo's Andalucia
TVas Presenter• 6 eps
2022
Great Coastal Railway Journeys
TVas Presenter• 65 eps
The Pyrenees with Michael Portillo
TVas Self• 4 eps
2021
Partition, 1921
as Presenter
Coastal Devon & Cornwall with Michael Portillo
TVas Self - Host• 6 eps
Great British Railway Journeys
TVPresenter• 19 eps
2020
Great Asian Railway Journeys
TVas Self - Presenter• 20 eps
Hawks and Doves: The Crown and Ireland's War of Independence
TVas Self• 2 eps
2019
Great Alaskan Railroad Journeys
TVas Self - Presenter• 5 eps
Great Canadian Railway Journeys
TVas Self - Presenter• 15 eps
Portillo: The Trouble with the Tories
TVas Narrator• 2 eps
Great Australian Railway Journeys
TVas Self - Presenter• 6 eps
Portillo: The Trouble with the Tories
TVWriter• 2 eps
2018
Great Indian Railway Journeys
TVas Self - Presenter• 4 eps
Portillo's Hidden History of Britain
TVas Self - Host• 9 eps
2017
Avenge the Crows
Leadman
Avenge the Crows
Art Direction
2016
Great American Railroad Journeys
TVas Self - Presenter• 75 eps
2015
Portillo's State Secrets
TVas Self - Host• 10 eps
2014
Railways of the Great War with Michael Portillo
TVas Self - Presenter• 5 eps
2013
2012
Great Continental Railway Journeys
TVas Self - Presenter• 57 eps
Great Continental Railway Journeys
TVCreator
2010
Great British Railway Journeys
TVas Self - Presenter• 290 eps
2009
Christianity: A History
TVas Self• 8 eps
The Supersizers...
TVas Participant• 1 eps
Christianity: A History
TVWriter• 1 eps
2008
Portillo on Thatcher
as Self
Portillo on Thatcher
Presenter
2007
2006
2004
London Under Attack
as Self
Parkinson
TVas Self• 1 eps
2003
2002
Great Britons
TVas Self• 1 eps
1999
Great Railway Journeys
TVas Self - Presenter• 1 eps
Great Railway Journeys
TVWriter• 1 eps
1993
Question Time
TVas Self - Panellist• 8 eps