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
2025
Question Time
1993
Natural World
2006
Parkinson
2004
This Week
2003
The Terry and Gaby Show
2003
This World
2012
Great British Railway Journeys
2010
Perspectives
2013
The Day Today
1994
Great Continental Railway Journeys
2012
Great American Railroad Journeys
2016

FILMOGRAPHY

All
Movies
TV
Acting
53
Writing
3
Art
2
Crew
3
2026
Spain with Michael Portillo
2026
Great Japanese Railway Journeys
as Self - Presenter
2026
Great Korean Railway Journeys
as Self - Presenter
2026
Great Central Asian Railway Journeys
as Self - Presenter
2026
Michael Portillo in Stockholm
2025
The One Show
as Self
2025
Portugal with Michael Portillo
as Himself
2025
Michael Portillo's 200 Years of the Railways
as Self - Presenter
2024
Michael Portillo's Long Weekends
as Presenter
2024
Prague with Michael Portillo
as Presenter
2024
Madrid with Michael Portillo
as Himself
2023
Taking Sides: Britain and the Civil War
as Presenter
2023
Portillo's Andalucia
as Presenter
2022
Great Coastal Railway Journeys
as Presenter
2022
The Pyrenees with Michael Portillo
as Self
2021
Partition, 1921
as Presenter
2021
Coastal Devon & Cornwall with Michael Portillo
as Self - Host
2020
Great Asian Railway Journeys
as Self - Presenter
2020
Hawks and Doves: The Crown and Ireland's War of Independence
as Self
2020
Portillo's Empire Journey
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
2019
Great Australian Railway Journeys
as Self - Presenter
2018
Great Indian Railway Journeys
as Self - Presenter
2018
Portillo's Hidden History of Britain
as Self - Host
2017
Spanish Civil War
as Self - Narrator
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
2013
Perspectives
2012
Great Continental Railway Journeys
as Self - Presenter
2012
This World
2010
Great British Railway Journeys
as Self - Presenter
2009
Christianity: A History
as Self
2009
The Supersizers...
as Participant
2008
Portillo on Thatcher
as Self
2007
The Verdict
2006
The Summer of Rave, 1989
as Self
2006
Natural World
2004
London Under Attack
as Self
2004
Parkinson
as Self
2003
Trust Me - I'm a Politician
as Self
2003
The Terry and Gaby Show
2003
This Week
as Self - Panelist
2002
Great Britons
as Self
2001
The Rivals
1999
Great Railway Journeys
as Self - Presenter
1994
The Day Today
as Self (archive footage)
1993
Question Time
as Self - Panellist
1993
The Big Story
200 Years of The Railways
as Michael