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