Cast & creator
Michael Portillo
Best known for The One Show, Natural World, Question Time
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.
10
film credits
52
television credits
53
1979–2026 · acting roles
7.1
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Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (62)
Showing 62 of 62 credits
The One Show
Self
2006
Natural World
1983
Question Time
Self - Panellist
1979
Parkinson
Self
1998
This Week
Self - Panelist
2003The Terry and Gaby Show
2003
This World
2004
Great British Railway Journeys
Self - Presenter
2010Great British Railway Journeys
Presenter
2010
Great Continental Railway Journeys
Self - Presenter
2012Great Continental Railway Journeys
Creator
2012
Perspectives
2011
The Day Today
Self (archive footage)
1994
Great Railway Journeys
Self - Presenter
1980Great Railway Journeys
Writer
1980
Great American Railroad Journeys
Self - Presenter
2016
Railways of the Great War with Michael Portillo
Self - Presenter
2014
Great Coastal Railway Journeys
Presenter
2022
The Supersizers...
Participant
2008The Big Story
1993
Great Britons
Self
2002
Great Canadian Railway Journeys
Self - Presenter
2019The Verdict
2007
Avenge the Crows
Leadman
2017Avenge the Crows
Art Direction
2017
Great Asian Railway Journeys
Self - Presenter
2020
Great Alaskan Railroad Journeys
Self - Presenter
2019
Portillo's Empire Journey
2020
The Summer of Rave, 1989
Self
2006
Great Australian Railway Journeys
Self - Presenter
2019Great Australian Railway Journeys
Presenter
2019
Great Central Asian Railway Journeys
Self - Presenter
2026
Great Indian Railway Journeys
Self - Presenter
2018
Portillo: The Trouble with the Tories
Presenter
2019Portillo: The Trouble with the Tories
Narrator
2019Portillo: The Trouble with the Tories
Writer
2019
Great Japanese Railway Journeys
Self - Presenter
2026
Trust Me - I'm a Politician
Self
2003Christianity: A History
Self
2009Christianity: A History
Writer
2009
Portillo's Hidden History of Britain
Self - Host
2018
Spain with Michael Portillo
2026
Michael Portillo's Long Weekends
Presenter
2024
Portugal with Michael Portillo
Himself
2025
Hawks and Doves: The Crown and Ireland's War of Independence
Self
2020
The Pyrenees with Michael Portillo
Self
2022
Great Korean Railway Journeys
Self - Presenter
2026
Portillo's State Secrets
Self - Host
2015
The Rivals
2001
Michael Portillo's 200 Years of the Railways
Self - Presenter
2025
Taking Sides: Britain and the Civil War
Presenter
2023200 Years of The Railways
Michael
London Under Attack
Self
2004
Prague with Michael Portillo
Presenter
2024
Coastal Devon & Cornwall with Michael Portillo
Self - Host
2021
Portillo on Thatcher
Self
2008Portillo on Thatcher
Presenter
2008
Portillo's Andalucia
Presenter
2023
Partition, 1921
Presenter
2021
Madrid with Michael Portillo
Himself
2024
Michael Portillo in Stockholm
2026Spanish Civil War
Self - Narrator
2017