Michael Portillo
1953 (73) • Acting
Michael Portillo
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
44%
Self
2006
Natural World
74%
Unknown
1983
Question Time
59%
Self - Panellist
1979
Great British Railway Journeys
74%
Self - Presenter
2010
Avenge the Crows
47%
Leadman
2017
Great Continental Railway Journeys
85%
Self - Presenter
2012
Great Australian Railway Journeys
71%
Self - Presenter
2019
Great Coastal Railway Journeys
72%
Presenter
2022
Spain with Michael Portillo
Unknown
2026
Michael Portillo's 200 Years of the Railways
Self - Presenter
2025
Portugal with Michael Portillo
70%
Himself
2025
Prague with Michael Portillo
70%
Presenter
2024
Michael Portillo's Long Weekends
80%
Presenter
2024
Portillo's Andalucia
70%
Presenter
2023
Taking Sides: Britain and the Civil War
60%
Presenter
2023
The Pyrenees with Michael Portillo
77%
Self
2022
Great Coastal Railway Journeys
72%
Presenter
2022
Coastal Devon & Cornwall with Michael Portillo
85%
Self - Host
2021
Partition, 1921
Presenter
2021
Hawks and Doves: The Crown and Ireland's War of Independence
100%
Self
2020
Portillo's Empire Journey
73%
Unknown
2020
Great Asian Railway Journeys
76%
Self - Presenter
2020
Great Australian Railway Journeys
71%
Self - Presenter
2019
Great Australian Railway Journeys
71%
Presenter
2019
Portillo: The Trouble with the Tories
70%
Presenter / Narrator
2019
Portillo: The Trouble with the Tories
70%
Writer
2019
Great Canadian Railway Journeys
70%
Self - Presenter
2019
Great Alaskan Railroad Journeys
70%
Self - Presenter
2019
Portillo's Hidden History of Britain
80%
Self - Host
2018
Great Indian Railway Journeys
62%
Self - Presenter
2018
Avenge the Crows
47%
Leadman
2017
Avenge the Crows
47%
Art Direction
2017
Great American Railroad Journeys
83%
Self - Presenter
2016
Portillo's State Secrets
Self - Host
2015
Railways of the Great War with Michael Portillo
70%
Self - Presenter
2014
Great Continental Railway Journeys
85%
Self - Presenter
2012