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Michael Portillo

Michael Portillo

Known for: Acting

Born 26/05/1953
Place of birth 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.

Filmography

The One Show Series ★ 4,4

The One Show

Self

2006

Natural World Series ★ 7,4

Natural World

1983

Question Time Series ★ 5,9

Question Time

Self - Panellist

1979

Parkinson Series

Parkinson

Self

1998

This Week Series ★ 7,0

This Week

Self - Panelist

2003

Great British Railway Journeys Series ★ 7,4

Great British Railway Journeys

Self - Presenter

2010

Series ★ 7,0

The Terry and Gaby Show

2003

This World Series ★ 6,0

This World

2004

Great Continental Railway Journeys Series ★ 8,4

Great Continental Railway Journeys

Self - Presenter

2012

Perspectives Series

Perspectives

2011

Great Railway Journeys Series ★ 7,0

Great Railway Journeys

Self - Presenter

1980

Great American Railroad Journeys Series ★ 8,3

Great American Railroad Journeys

Self - Presenter

2016

Great Asian Railway Journeys Series ★ 7,8

Great Asian Railway Journeys

Self - Presenter

2020

Great Britons Series ★ 7,0

Great Britons

Self

2002

Great Coastal Railway Journeys Series ★ 7,2

Great Coastal Railway Journeys

Presenter

2022

The Supersizers... Series ★ 8,7

The Supersizers...

Participant

2008

Great Australian Railway Journeys Series ★ 7,2

Great Australian Railway Journeys

Self - Presenter

2019

Hawks and Doves: The Crown and Ireland's War of Independence Series ★ 10,0

Hawks and Doves: The Crown and Ireland's War of Independence

Self

2020

Portillo's State Secrets Series

Portillo's State Secrets

Self - Host

2015

Great Canadian Railway Journeys Series ★ 7,0

Great Canadian Railway Journeys

Self - Presenter

2019

Series

Christianity: A History

Self

2009

Series

The Verdict

2007

Portugal with Michael Portillo Series ★ 7,0

Portugal with Michael Portillo

Himself

2025

Great Japanese Railway Journeys Series ★ 6,0

Great Japanese Railway Journeys

Self - Presenter

2026

Portillo's Empire Journey Series ★ 7,3

Portillo's Empire Journey

2020

Portillo's Hidden History of Britain Series ★ 8,0

Portillo's Hidden History of Britain

Self - Host

2018

Michael Portillo's Long Weekends Series ★ 8,0

Michael Portillo's Long Weekends

Presenter

2024

Portillo's Andalucia Series ★ 7,0

Portillo's Andalucia

Presenter

2023

Great Indian Railway Journeys Series ★ 6,0

Great Indian Railway Journeys

Self - Presenter

2018

The Summer of Rave, 1989 Film ★ 7,5

The Summer of Rave, 1989

Self

2006

Series

The Big Story

1993

The Pyrenees with Michael Portillo Series ★ 8,0

The Pyrenees with Michael Portillo

Self

2022

Prague with Michael Portillo Series ★ 7,0

Prague with Michael Portillo

Presenter

2024

Railways of the Great War with Michael Portillo Series ★ 7,0

Railways of the Great War with Michael Portillo

Self - Presenter

2014

Coastal Devon & Cornwall with Michael Portillo Series ★ 8,5

Coastal Devon & Cornwall with Michael Portillo

Self - Host

2021

Michael Portillo's 200 Years of the Railways Series

Michael Portillo's 200 Years of the Railways

Self - Presenter

2025

Spain with Michael Portillo Series

Spain with Michael Portillo

2026

Portillo: The Trouble with the Tories Series ★ 7,0

Portillo: The Trouble with the Tories

Presenter

2019

Portillo: The Trouble with the Tories Series ★ 7,0

Portillo: The Trouble with the Tories

Narrator

2019

Great Alaskan Railroad Journeys Series ★ 7,0

Great Alaskan Railroad Journeys

Self - Presenter

2019

Trust Me - I'm a Politician Film

Trust Me - I'm a Politician

Self

2003

Portillo on Thatcher Film

Portillo on Thatcher

Self

2008

Series

200 Years of The Railways

Michael

Great Korean Railway Journeys Series ★ 6,0

Great Korean Railway Journeys

Self - Presenter

2026

Film

London Under Attack

Self

2004

Partition, 1921 Film

Partition, 1921

Presenter

2021

Taking Sides: Britain and the Civil War Film ★ 6,0

Taking Sides: Britain and the Civil War

Presenter

2023

Great Central Asian Railway Journeys Series

Great Central Asian Railway Journeys

Self - Presenter

2026

The Rivals Film

The Rivals

2001