Michael Portillo

Known for

Acting

Born

May 26, 1953 (age 73)

Birthplace

Bushey, Hertfordshire, England, UK

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.

Best known work

The Day Today

1994

The One Show

2006

Natural World

1983

Question Time

1979

Great British Railway Journeys

2010

Avenge the Crows

2017

Great Continental Railway Journeys

2012

Great Australian Railway Journeys

2019

This Week

2003

Great Coastal Railway Journeys

2022

Filmography

TBA
200 Years of The RailwaysTV
as Michael (1 episode)
2026
Great Central Asian Railway JourneysTV
as Self - Presenter (5 episodes)
2026
Great Korean Railway JourneysTV
as Self - Presenter (5 episodes)
2026
Michael Portillo in StockholmTV
2026
Great Japanese Railway JourneysTV
as Self - Presenter (15 episodes)
2026
Spain with Michael PortilloTV
2025
Michael Portillo's 200 Years of the RailwaysTV
as Self - Presenter (2 episodes)
2025
Portugal with Michael PortilloTV
as Himself (6 episodes)
2024
Prague with Michael PortilloTV
as Presenter (3 episodes)
2024
Madrid with Michael PortilloTV
as Himself (3 episodes)
2024
Michael Portillo's Long WeekendsTV
as Presenter (6 episodes)
2023
Portillo's AndaluciaTV
as Presenter (6 episodes)
2023
Taking Sides: Britain and the Civil War
as Presenter
2022
The Pyrenees with Michael PortilloTV
as Self (4 episodes)
2022
Great Coastal Railway JourneysTV
as Presenter (65 episodes)
2021
Coastal Devon & Cornwall with Michael PortilloTV
as Self - Host (6 episodes)
2021
Partition, 1921
as Presenter
2020
Hawks and Doves: The Crown and Ireland's War of IndependenceTV
as Self (2 episodes)
2020
Portillo's Empire JourneyTV
2020
Great Asian Railway JourneysTV
as Self - Presenter (20 episodes)
2019
Great Australian Railway JourneysTV
as Self - Presenter (6 episodes), Presenter
2019
Portillo: The Trouble with the ToriesTV
as Presenter (2 episodes), as Narrator (2 episodes), Writer
2019
Great Canadian Railway JourneysTV
as Self - Presenter (15 episodes)
2019
Great Alaskan Railroad JourneysTV
as Self - Presenter (5 episodes)
2018
Portillo's Hidden History of BritainTV
as Self - Host (9 episodes)