Miner Achievement
‘MICHAEL Portillo will never become Prime Minster of this fair land because of one simple truth. No, its not because hes a Tory. And its not because hes called Michael, like Barrymore and Jackson. Its because his name ends in the letter o.
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But it is fun watching Portillo trying to overcome this handicap and be popular. And tonight the charm offensive takes our man in the nice suit to the Miner household on Merseyside for When Michael Portillo Became A Single Mum.
This show does not do exactly what it says on the tin. Portillo has not undergone some sort of rapid change facilitated by modern surgical techniques or even tried to woo the transvestite vote and pulled on a corset and tights – well, none that are visible.
Hes simply taken over the running of the household of a genuine single mum called Jenny.
For one week, Portillo has to hold down Jenny’s two jobs, as a classroom assistant and a supermarket shelf-stacker, and look after Jenny’s four rowdy children.
On BBC2 at 9pm you can see how he copes in this living Hell. Or El, as the man of Spanish extraction might put it. Cheeri-o.’
Posted: 15th, October 2003 | In: Celebrities Comment | TrackBack | Permalink
