Michael Portillo

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Born

1953-05-26

Place of Birth

Bushey, Hertfordshire, England, UK
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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.

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Acting History

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