Michael Portillo
Known for: Acting
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
Series
The One Show
Self
2006
Series
Natural World
1983
Series
Question Time
Self - Panellist
1979
Series
Parkinson
Self
1998
Series
This Week
Self - Panelist
2003
The Terry and Gaby Show
2003
Series
This World
2004
Series
Great British Railway Journeys
Self - Presenter
2010
Series
Great Continental Railway Journeys
Self - Presenter
2012
Series
Perspectives
2011
Series
The Day Today
Self (archive footage)
1994
Series
Great Railway Journeys
Self - Presenter
1980
Series
Great American Railroad Journeys
Self - Presenter
2016
Series
Railways of the Great War with Michael Portillo
Self - Presenter
2014
Series
Great Coastal Railway Journeys
Presenter
2022
Series
The Supersizers...
Participant
2008
The Big Story
1993
Series
Great Britons
Self
2002
Series
Great Canadian Railway Journeys
Self - Presenter
2019
The Verdict
2007
Series
Great Asian Railway Journeys
Self - Presenter
2020
Series
Great Alaskan Railroad Journeys
Self - Presenter
2019
Series
Portillo's Empire Journey
2020
Film
The Summer of Rave, 1989
Self
2006
Series
Great Australian Railway Journeys
Self - Presenter
2019
Series
Great Central Asian Railway Journeys
Self - Presenter
2026
Series
Great Indian Railway Journeys
Self - Presenter
2018
Series
Portillo: The Trouble with the Tories
Presenter
2019
Series
Portillo: The Trouble with the Tories
Narrator
2019
Series
Great Japanese Railway Journeys
Self - Presenter
2026
Film
Trust Me - I'm a Politician
Self
2003
Christianity: A History
Self
2009
Series
Portillo's Hidden History of Britain
Self - Host
2018
Series
Spain with Michael Portillo
2026
Series
Michael Portillo's Long Weekends
Presenter
2024
Series
Portugal with Michael Portillo
Himself
2025
Series
Hawks and Doves: The Crown and Ireland's War of Independence
Self
2020
Series
The Pyrenees with Michael Portillo
Self
2022
Series
Great Korean Railway Journeys
Self - Presenter
2026
Series
Portillo's State Secrets
Self - Host
2015
Film
The Rivals
2001
Series
Michael Portillo's 200 Years of the Railways
Self - Presenter
2025
Film
Taking Sides: Britain and the Civil War
Presenter
2023
200 Years of The Railways
Michael
London Under Attack
Self
2004
Series
Prague with Michael Portillo
Presenter
2024
Series
Coastal Devon & Cornwall with Michael Portillo
Self - Host
2021
Film
Portillo on Thatcher
Self
2008
Series
Portillo's Andalucia
Presenter
2023
Film
Partition, 1921
Presenter
2021
Series
Madrid with Michael Portillo
Himself
2024
Series
Michael Portillo in Stockholm
2026
Spanish Civil War
Self - Narrator
2017