Michael Portillo

ActorWriterArtCrew May 26 (age 72) Bushey, Hertfordshire, England, UK 1979–2026 (47 year career)

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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

Film

Great Continental Railway Journeys

Self - Presenter

Film

Great British Railway Journeys

Self - Presenter

Film

Great Australian Railway Journeys

Self - Presenter

Film

Great Coastal Railway Journeys

Presenter

Film

Great Asian Railway Journeys

Self - Presenter

Film

Avenge the Crows

Art Direction

Film

Great American Railroad Journeys

Self - Presenter

Film

This Week

Self - Panelist

Filmography

Acting (46)

Movies (7)

Taking Sides: Britain and the Civil War

2023

as Presenter

6.0

Partition, 1921

2021

as Presenter

Portillo on Thatcher

2008

as Self

The Summer of Rave, 1989

2006

as Self

7.5

London Under Attack

2004

as Self

Trust Me - I'm a Politician

2003

as Self

The Rivals

2001

Television (39)

Spain with Michael Portillo

2026

Portugal with Michael Portillo

2025

as Himself

7.0

Michael Portillo's 200 Years of the Railways

2025

as Self - Presenter

Michael Portillo's Long Weekends

2024

as Presenter

8.0

Prague with Michael Portillo

as Presenter

Portillo's Andalucia

as Presenter

Great Coastal Railway Journeys

2022

as Presenter

7.2

The Pyrenees with Michael Portillo

2022

as Self

8.0

Coastal Devon & Cornwall with Michael Portillo

2021

as Self - Host

8.5

Portillo's Empire Journey

2020

7.3

Great Asian Railway Journeys

2020

as Self - Presenter

7.8

Hawks and Doves: The Crown and Ireland's War of Independence

2020

as Self

10.0

Great Canadian Railway Journeys

2019

as Self - Presenter

7.0

Great Australian Railway Journeys

2019

as Self - Presenter

7.2

Portillo: The Trouble with the Tories

2019

as Narrator

7.0

Portillo: The Trouble with the Tories

2019

as Presenter

7.0

Great Alaskan Railroad Journeys

2019

as Self - Presenter

7.0

Portillo's Hidden History of Britain

2018

as Self - Host

8.0

Great Indian Railway Journeys

2018

as Self - Presenter

6.0

Great American Railroad Journeys

2016

as Self - Presenter

8.3

Portillo's State Secrets

2015

as Self - Host

Railways of the Great War with Michael Portillo

2014

as Self - Presenter

7.0

Great Continental Railway Journeys

2012

as Self - Presenter

8.4

Perspectives

2011

Great British Railway Journeys

2010

as Self - Presenter

7.4

Christianity: A History

2009

as Self

The Supersizers...

as Participant

The Verdict

The One Show

as Self

This World

This Week

as Self - Panelist

The Terry and Gaby Show

2003

5.0

Great Britons

2002

as Self

Parkinson

1998

as Self

The Big Story

1993

Natural World

1983

7.4

Great Railway Journeys

as Self - Presenter

Question Time

as Self - Panellist

200 Years of The Railways

as Michael

Crew (7)

Movies (3)

Avenge the Crows

Art Direction

Avenge the Crows

Leadman

Portillo on Thatcher

Presenter

Television (4)

Portillo: The Trouble with the Tories

2019

Writer

7.0

Great British Railway Journeys

2010

Presenter

7.4

Christianity: A History

2009

Writer

Great Railway Journeys

1980

Writer

7.0