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Known For
Acting
Birthday
May 26, 1953
Place of Birth
Bushey, Hertfordshire, England, UK
Michael Portillo
0.2 Popularity
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
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Self - Presenter
Michael Portillo's 200 Years of the Railways
2025
7.0
Himself
Portugal with Michael Portillo
2025
7.0
Presenter
Prague with Michael Portillo
2024
8.0
Presenter
Michael Portillo's Long Weekends
2024
7.0
Presenter
Portillo's Andalucia
2023
6.0
Presenter
Taking Sides: Britain and the Civil War
2023
8.0
Self
The Pyrenees with Michael Portillo
2022
7.2
Presenter
Great Coastal Railway Journeys
2022
8.5
Self - Host
Coastal Devon & Cornwall with Michael Portillo
2021
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Presenter
Partition, 1921
2021
Credits
Michael Portillo's 200 Years of the Railways
as Self - Presenter
2025
0.0
Portugal with Michael Portillo
as Himself
2025
7.0
Prague with Michael Portillo
as Presenter
2024
7.0
Michael Portillo's Long Weekends
as Presenter
2024
8.0
Portillo's Andalucia
as Presenter
2023
7.0
Taking Sides: Britain and the Civil War
as Presenter
2023
6.0
The Pyrenees with Michael Portillo
as Self
2022
8.0
Great Coastal Railway Journeys
as Presenter
2022
7.2
Coastal Devon & Cornwall with Michael Portillo
as Self - Host
2021
8.5
Partition, 1921
as Presenter
2021
0.0
Hawks and Doves: The Crown and Ireland's War of Independence
as Self
2020
10.0
Portillo's Empire Journey
2020
7.3
Great Asian Railway Journeys
as Self - Presenter
2020
7.8
Great Australian Railway Journeys
as Self - Presenter
2019
7.2
Portillo: The Trouble with the Tories
as Presenter
2019
7.0
Portillo: The Trouble with the Tories
as Narrator
2019
7.0
Great Canadian Railway Journeys
as Self - Presenter
2019
7.0
Great Alaskan Railroad Journeys
as Self - Presenter
2019
7.0
Portillo's Hidden History of Britain
as Self - Host
2018
8.0
Great Indian Railway Journeys
as Self - Presenter
2018
6.0
Great American Railroad Journeys
as Self - Presenter
2016
8.3
Portillo's State Secrets
as Self - Host
2015
0.0
Railways of the Great War with Michael Portillo
as Self - Presenter
2014
7.0
Great Continental Railway Journeys
as Self - Presenter
2012
8.4
Perspectives
2011
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Great British Railway Journeys
as Self - Presenter
2010
7.4
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Christianity: A History
as Self
2009
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The Supersizers...
as Participant
2008
8.7
Portillo on Thatcher
as Self
2008
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The Verdict
2007
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The One Show
as Self
2006
4.4
The Summer of Rave, 1989
as Self
2006
7.5
This World
2004
6.0
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The Terry and Gaby Show
2003
5.0
Trust Me - I'm a Politician
as Self
2003
0.0
This Week
as Self - Panelist
2003
7.0
Great Britons
as Self
2002
0.0
Parkinson
as Self
1998
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Natural World
1983
7.2
Great Railway Journeys
as Self - Presenter
1980
7.0
Question Time
as Self - Panellist
1979
5.5
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200 Years of The Railways
as Michael
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