Portillo's State Secrets
Michael Portillo unearths previously classified documents from The National Archives, discovering fascinating facts about Britain's past.
- 2015-2015
- 1 season
- Documentary
Michael Portillo unearths previously classified documents from The National Archives, discovering fascinating facts about Britain's past.
Season 1 Episode Guide
10 Episodes 2015
Episode 1
Crime and Punishment
The secret files of Britain's last hangman and private letters sent to Sherlock Holmes
Episode 2
Tyrants
Hitler's hidden medical files and the details of Henry VIII's incredible shopping list
Episode 3
Celebrity and Scandals
The secret war on the Rolling Stones and how Special Branch spied on a future king
Episode 4
Mysteries
The letter that gave birth to Jack the Ripper and the secret UFO files kept by the MoD.
Episode 5
Sport and Politics
Why Britain didn't boycott Hitler's Olympics and a royal proclamation to ban football
Episode 6
Traitors and Spies
Michael Portillo unearths the documents that show a king's role in a brutal torture
Episode 7
Monarchy
Michael Portillo reveals the nine lives of Queen Victoria
Episode 8
Banned
Michael Portillo unearths the state's strategy on Scientology
Episode 9
On Trial
Michael Portillo investigates how Mary Whitehouse defended God in a court of law
Episode 10
National Security
Michael Portillo unearths the secret memos behind the SAS's most daring raid