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With a light-hearted tone compared with most political programming, This Week was "punchy, irreverent, satirical". [8] 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.
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.
Great Coastal Railway Journeys is a BBC documentary series produced by Naked West and presented by Michael Portillo, [1] a former Conservative MP and Minister of State for Transport. [ 2 ] Following the format of Great British Railway Journeys and related series with Portillo as presenter, each episode of this series features a coastal railway ...
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Michael Portillo [8] 2011–2014: Olly Mann [9] 2012–2014: Jayne Secker: 2012–2015: Eleanor Mills 2010–2011: Craig Doyle [10] Lorraine Investigates reporter ...
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.
The most profound it gets is during an episode all about longevity when Michael suggests that his son would be better off just spending time with his child rather than messing around with ...
Portillo's admission of past homosexuality, and the controversy which this engendered, is indeed mentioned therein. Nothing sourced has been 'removed', as s/he alleges. --Smerus 18:49, 25 April 2015 (UTC) An editor has chosen to edit the article naming a person who should not have been named. (see section above, Talk:Michael_Portillo#Mr_X.).