Michael Portillo
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Michael Denzil Xavier Portillo is a British journalist, broadcaster, and retired politician. His broadcast series include railway documentaries such as Great British Railway Journeys and Great Contine
Portillo in 2022
Portillo (centre) with Admiral Sir Peter Abbott and US Defence Secretary William J. Perry aboard HMS Illustrious in 1996
Portillo (left) being interviewed by Nick Robinson in 2001
Filming at Taunton railway station, in trademark exotic colours, 2017
GB News
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GB News is a British free-to-air editorial television and radio news channel based in London, England. Announced in September 2020 and launched in June 2021 from studios at Paddington Basin, London, G
Michael Portillo
…Portillo to present series about railway systems in other countries. In 2022 he began to present a political show Portillo for the British news channel GB News. Portillo was born in Bushey, Hertfordshire, on 26 May 1953 to an exiled Spanish republican father, Luis Gabriel Portillo (1907–1993) and a Scottish…
Andrew Neil, former GB News chairman and presenter, was the face of the channel in the run-up to its launch.
Nigel Farage, former leader of UKIP and the leader of the Reform UK, presents a prime-time show on GB News.
Jacob Rees-Mogg was one of the high-profile presenters joining the channel in 2023.
Michael Portillo hosts a show on politics, culture and the arts.