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.

Filmography

• Michael Portillo in Stockholm
• Spain with Michael Portillo
• Michael Portillo's Long Weekends — Presenter
• Prague with Michael Portillo — Presenter
• Portillo's Andalucia — Presenter
• 2023Taking Sides: Britain and the Civil War — Presenter
• Great Coastal Railway Journeys — Presenter
• 2021Partition, 1921 — Presenter
• Portillo's Empire Journey
• Portillo: The Trouble with the Tories — Presenter, Narrator, Writer
• 2017Avenge the Crows — Art Direction, Leadman
• Great Continental Railway Journeys — Self - Presenter, Creator
• Perspectives
• Christianity: A History — Self, Writer
• 2008Portillo on Thatcher — Self, Presenter
• The Supersizers... — Participant
• The Verdict
• This World
• The Terry and Gaby Show
• 2001The Rivals
• The Big Story
• Natural World
• Great Railway Journeys — Self - Presenter, Writer
• 200 Years of The Railways — Michael

Appearances as themselves (29)

• Great Central Asian Railway Journeys — Self - Presenter
• Great Japanese Railway Journeys — Self - Presenter
• Great Korean Railway Journeys — Self - Presenter
• Michael Portillo's 200 Years of the Railways — Self - Presenter
• Portugal with Michael Portillo — Himself
• Madrid with Michael Portillo — Himself
• The Pyrenees with Michael Portillo — Self
• Coastal Devon & Cornwall with Michael Portillo — Self - Host
• Great Asian Railway Journeys — Self - Presenter
• Hawks and Doves: The Crown and Ireland's War of Independence — Self
• Great Alaskan Railroad Journeys — Self - Presenter
• Great Australian Railway Journeys — Self - Presenter
• Great Canadian Railway Journeys — Self - Presenter
• Great Indian Railway Journeys — Self - Presenter
• Portillo's Hidden History of Britain — Self - Host
• Spanish Civil War — Self - Narrator
• Great American Railroad Journeys — Self - Presenter
• Portillo's State Secrets — Self - Host
• Railways of the Great War with Michael Portillo — Self - Presenter
• Great British Railway Journeys — Self - Presenter
• The One Show — Self
• 2006The Summer of Rave, 1989 — Self
• 2004London Under Attack — Self
• This Week — Self - Panelist
• 2003Trust Me - I'm a Politician — Self
• Great Britons — Self
• Parkinson — Self
• The Day Today — Self (archive footage)
• Question Time — Self - Panellist