Born May 26, 1953
Bushey, Hertfordshire, England, UK
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Acting
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.
The One Show
2006 · ★ 4.4
Question Time
1979 · ★ 5.6
Natural World
1983 · ★ 7.4
Parkinson
1998 · ★ 0.0
This Week
2003 · ★ 7.0
This World
2004 · ★ 6.0
The Terry and Gaby Show
2003 · ★ 7.0
Great Continental Railway Journeys
2012 · ★ 8.3
Great British Railway Journeys
2010 · ★ 7.4
Perspectives
2011 · ★ 0.0
Great Railway Journeys
1980 · ★ 7.0
Great Britons
2002 · ★ 7.0
Great American Railroad Journeys
2016 · ★ 8.3
Avenge the Crows
2017 · ★ 4.7
Great Central Asian Railway Journeys
2026 · ★ 0.0
Great Japanese Railway Journeys
2026 · ★ 0.0
The Big Story
1993 · ★ 0.0
Great Asian Railway Journeys
2020 · ★ 7.8
Great Coastal Railway Journeys
2022 · ★ 7.2
The Verdict
2007 · ★ 0.0
Michael Portillo's Long Weekends
2024 · ★ 8.0
Great Canadian Railway Journeys
2019 · ★ 7.0
The Supersizers...
2008 · ★ 8.7
Great Alaskan Railroad Journeys
2019 · ★ 7.0
Coastal Devon & Cornwall with Michael Portillo
2021 · ★ 8.5
Great Korean Railway Journeys
2026 · ★ 0.0
Spain with Michael Portillo
2026 · ★ 0.0
Portugal with Michael Portillo
2025 · ★ 7.0
Portillo: The Trouble with the Tories
2019 · ★ 7.0
Great Australian Railway Journeys
2019 · ★ 7.2
Partition, 1921
2021 · ★ 0.0
Portillo's Andalucia
2023 · ★ 7.0
Portillo on Thatcher
2008 · ★ 0.0
Taking Sides: Britain and the Civil War
2023 · ★ 6.0
Great Indian Railway Journeys
2018 · ★ 6.0
Trust Me - I'm a Politician
2003 · ★ 0.0
Railways of the Great War with Michael Portillo
2014 · ★ 7.0
Portillo's Hidden History of Britain
2018 · ★ 8.0
Christianity: A History
2009 · ★ 0.0
The Pyrenees with Michael Portillo
2022 · ★ 8.0
Hawks and Doves: The Crown and Ireland's War of Independence
2020 · ★ 10.0
Portillo's State Secrets
2015 · ★ 0.0
Prague with Michael Portillo
2024 · ★ 7.0
The Summer of Rave, 1989
2006 · ★ 7.5
Portillo's Empire Journey
2020 · ★ 7.3
Michael Portillo's 200 Years of the Railways
2025 · ★ 0.0
200 Years of The Railways
— · ★ 0.0
The Rivals
2001 · ★ 0.0
London Under Attack
2004 · ★ 0.0