Michael Portillo

Michael Portillo investigates a social housing revolution.

Michael Portillo investigates a social housing revolution.

In Top of the Class, John Wilson meets leading figures in their fields and takes them back to the places and people they left behind.

Michael Portillo begins a new series of railway journeys through 1930s Britain, armed with an interwar Bradshaw's guide. He explores an unmistakably modern era of glamorous locomotives, cinema and dance halls but also a time of high unemployment and widespread poverty

Michael Portillo tells the story of how a small island on the edge of Europe built the biggest empire the world has ever seen.

Join Michael Portillo as he celebrates Andalucía, one of Spain's most interesting and diverse regions. It's an area Michael knows and loves, as well as one where he lives for part of his year. Now, he takes us to six of his favourite spots and reveals what makes them so special. Each episode focuses on a different main location where Michael meets local people who have a particular connection to that place and who introduce Michael to something they're passionate about, whether it's cooking and eating a local delicacy, practising arts and crafts, or delving into Andalucía's rich history.

Former British Secretary of State for Defence Michael Portillo visits abandoned, iconic locations around the UK that were at the centre of relatively unknown historical events but which are not open to the public.