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Michael Denzil Xavier Portillo FRSGS (/ p ɔːr ˈ t ɪ l oʊ / por-TIL-oh; [a] born 26 May 1953) [1] is a British journalist, broadcaster, and former Conservative Party politician. His broadcast series include railway documentaries such as Great British Railway Journeys and Great Continental Railway Journeys.
Michael Portillo: 4 May 1990 Minister of State for Housing: John Stanley: 7 May 1979 Ian Gow: 13 June 1983 John Patten: 2 September 1985 The Hon William Waldegrave: 13 June 1987 The Earl of Caithness: 25 July 1988 Michael Howard: 25 July 1989 Michael Spicer: 3 January 1990 Minister of State, Environment: The Lord Elton: 27 March 1985 – 10 ...
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Michael Portillo MP for Enfield Southgate (born 1953) [20] 5 July 1995 2 May 1997: 1 year, 301 days: Conservative: George Robertson MP for Hamilton South (born 1946) [21]
Michael Portillo during filming at Taunton station in 2017. Great British Railway Journeys is a 2010–present BBC documentary series presented by Michael Portillo, a former Conservative MP and Cabinet Minister who was instrumental in saving the Settle to Carlisle line from closure in 1989.
Originally, the former MP Michael Portillo was the regular Conservative commentator on the show, and the Labour commentator until 2010 was the sitting MP Diane Abbott.
The plummy-voiced comedian has previously been joined by his curmudgeonly octogenarian dad Michael to journey around the world for five seasons of their show Travels with My Father.
In Austria's third-largest city – Linz, Michael Portillo take the tram up to Pöstlingberg. Back in Linz, he samples the city's famous Linz cake and learns more of Adolf Hitler's connection with Linz. After delving into the history of Czechoslovakia's first president, Tomáš Masaryk, Portillo travels to České Budějovice, Czech