Editing Lord Mountbatten (section)

== Television appearances ==
In 1969, a documentary consisting of 12 mini-series titled ''The Life and Times of Lord Mountbatten'' which were presented by the latter, retraced his debut which crossed path which historical events of the century.<ref>{{cite web|last=Coll|first=R. |year=2017|title=Autobiography and history on screen: The Life and Times of Lord Mountbatten|url=https://doi.org/10.17863/CAM.10|access-date=2 January 2025}}</ref>

On 27 April 1977, shortly before his 77th&nbsp;birthday, Mountbatten became the first member of the Royal Family to appear on the TV guest show ''[[This Is Your Life (UK TV series)|This Is Your Life]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.eofftv.com/t/thi/this_is_your_life_1969_main.htm |title=This Is Your Life (1969–1993) |publisher=EOFF TV |access-date=20 September 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120422082302/http://www.eofftv.com/t/thi/this_is_your_life_1969_main.htm |archive-date=22 April 2012 }}</ref> 	In the UK, 22.22 million people tuned in to watch the programme.<ref name="BFI-1970s">{{cite web |url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/features/mostwatched/1970s.html |title=Features &#124; Britain's Most Watched TV &#124; 1970s |publisher=British Film Institute (BFI) |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051122221511/http://www.bfi.org.uk/features/mostwatched/1970s.html |archive-date=22 November 2005 |accessdate=7 July 2016}}</ref>