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.
Portugal with Michael Portillo
Himself · (6 episodes)
2025
Prague with Michael Portillo
Presenter · (3 episodes)
2024
Michael Portillo's Long Weekends
Presenter · (6 episodes)
2024
Portillo's Andalucia
Presenter · (6 episodes)
2023
Taking Sides: Britain and the Civil War
Presenter
2023
The Pyrenees with Michael Portillo
Self · (4 episodes)
2022
Great Coastal Railway Journeys
Presenter · (65 episodes)
2022
Coastal Devon & Cornwall with Michael Portillo
Self - Host · (6 episodes)
2021
Partition, 1921
Presenter
2021
Hawks and Doves: The Crown and Ireland's War of Independence
Self · (2 episodes)
2020
Portillo's Empire Journey
(4 episodes)
2020
Great Asian Railway Journeys
Self - Presenter · (20 episodes)
2020
Great Australian Railway Journeys
Self - Presenter · (6 episodes)
2019
Portillo: The Trouble with the Tories
Presenter · (2 episodes)
2019
Portillo: The Trouble with the Tories
Narrator · (2 episodes)
2019
Great Canadian Railway Journeys
Self - Presenter · (15 episodes)
2019
Great Alaskan Railroad Journeys
Self - Presenter · (5 episodes)
2019
Portillo's Hidden History of Britain
Self - Host · (9 episodes)
2018
Great Indian Railway Journeys
Self - Presenter · (4 episodes)
2018
Great American Railroad Journeys
Self - Presenter · (75 episodes)
2016
Portillo's State Secrets
Self - Host · (10 episodes)
2015
Railways of the Great War with Michael Portillo
Self - Presenter · (5 episodes)
2014
Great Continental Railway Journeys
Self - Presenter · (57 episodes)
2012
Perspectives
(1 episode)
2011
Great British Railway Journeys
Self - Presenter · (290 episodes)
2010
Christianity: A History
Self · (8 episodes)
2009
The Supersizers...
Participant · (1 episode)
2008
Portillo on Thatcher
Self
2008
The Verdict
(4 episodes)
2007
The One Show
Self · (2 episodes)
2006
The Summer of Rave, 1989
Self
2006
This World
(12 episodes)
2004
The Terry and Gaby Show
(1 episode)
2003
Trust Me - I'm a Politician
Self
2003
This Week
Self - Panelist · (583 episodes)
2003
Great Britons
Self · (1 episode)
2002
Parkinson
Self · (1 episode)
1998
Natural World
(1 episode)
1983
Great Railway Journeys
Self - Presenter · (1 episode)
1980
Question Time
Self - Panellist · (8 episodes)
1979
200 Years of The Railways
Michael · (1 episode)