From the Isle of Man, Michael Portillo crosses the Irish Sea, bound for the mighty port of Liverpool and its historic waterfront. Michael Portillo continues his rail journey, learning to make potted ...

Michael Portillo has said his railway TV series are more about life off trains than on them. The former cabinet minister’s new programme, Great Asian Railway Journeys, looks at colonial history.

Michael Portillo’s rail exploration of the historic wooded region of south east England, known as the Weald, continues from Tonbridge, at the heart of the area's rail network. Michael Portillo’s ...

Creating a stunning vision of Europe as it was a century ago, the series reveals how a way of life and a landscape were changed forever when Europe went to war. Episode Two: "Hungary To Austria" airs ...

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As he journeys across Transylvania, Switzerland, North Africa, Italy, Finland, and The Netherlands, he stays in recommended hotels, explores the sights and samples local traditions. Combining the ...

Game effort: Michael Portillo on board a ship at the Boston Tea Party ShipsBBC/Boundless part of FremantleMedia UK Herewith the third American series, around the East Coast, its history perhaps ...

You could almost suspect he had something of the Lib-Dem about him these days, Euroscepticism aside of course. As a presenter, Portillo is wildly uncool and fanboy-like in his determination to be ...

You would never have seen Michael Portillo waltzing with another man in his arms in the old days. Yet here’s the former Defence Secretary and one-time contender for the Conservative Party leadership ...

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Anyone hoping to get an insight into Michael Portillo's family tree on the hit BBC geneaology show Who Do You Think You Are? will be sorely disappointed as the former politician revealed he was ...