Michael Portillo

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

The One Show

Question Time

Natural World

Parkinson

This Week

This World

Great British Railway Journeys

Great Continental Railway Journeys

All Movies (7)

• Taking Sides: Britain and the Civil War2023 · as Presenter
• Partition, 19212021 · as Presenter
• Portillo on Thatcher2008 · as Self
• The Summer of Rave, 19892006 · as Self
• London Under Attack2004 · as Self
• Trust Me - I'm a Politician2003 · as Self
• The Rivals2001

All TV Shows (42)

• Great Central Asian Railway Journeys2026 · as Self - Presenter
• Great Korean Railway Journeys2026 · as Self - Presenter
• Great Japanese Railway Journeys2026 · as Self - Presenter
• Spain with Michael Portillo2026
• Michael Portillo's 200 Years of the Railways2025 · as Self - Presenter
• Portugal with Michael Portillo2025 · as Himself
• Prague with Michael Portillo2024 · as Presenter
• Michael Portillo's Long Weekends2024 · as Presenter
• Portillo's Andalucia2023 · as Presenter
• The Pyrenees with Michael Portillo2022 · as Self
• Great Coastal Railway Journeys2022 · as Presenter
• Coastal Devon & Cornwall with Michael Portillo2021 · as Self - Host
• Hawks and Doves: The Crown and Ireland's War of Independence2020 · as Self
• Portillo's Empire Journey2020
• Great Asian Railway Journeys2020 · as Self - Presenter
• Great Australian Railway Journeys2019 · as Self - Presenter
• Portillo: The Trouble with the Tories2019 · as Presenter
• Portillo: The Trouble with the Tories2019 · as Narrator
• Great Canadian Railway Journeys2019 · as Self - Presenter
• Great Alaskan Railroad Journeys2019 · as Self - Presenter
• Portillo's Hidden History of Britain2018 · as Self - Host
• Great Indian Railway Journeys2018 · as Self - Presenter
• Great American Railroad Journeys2016 · as Self - Presenter
• Portillo's State Secrets2015 · as Self - Host
• Railways of the Great War with Michael Portillo2014 · as Self - Presenter
• Great Continental Railway Journeys2012 · as Self - Presenter
• Perspectives2011
• Great British Railway Journeys2010 · as Self - Presenter
• Christianity: A History2009 · as Self
• The Supersizers...2008 · as Participant
• The Verdict2007
• The One Show2006 · as Self
• This World2004
• The Terry and Gaby Show2003
• This Week2003 · as Self - Panelist
• Great Britons2002 · as Self
• Parkinson1998 · as Self
• The Big Story1993
• Natural World1983
• Great Railway Journeys1980 · as Self - Presenter
• Question Time1979 · as Self - Panellist
• 200 Years of The Railways— · as Michael