''Puffin's Pla(i)ce'' was a Channel Islands children's television programme named after its star,

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, that was broadcast on

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on weekend afternoons (usually just before ''

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''). The programme, one of the longest-running children's series on the ITV network, had been broadcast since 3 March 1963. Originally presented by Channel Television's team of continuity announcers, ''Puffin's Pla(i)ce'' presenters have included Stewart McDonald, Matthew Shaw, Kevin Pamplin, Sam Palmano, Lucy Anderson and Jenny Mullin. In September 2013, it was announced that the show would no longer be broadcast on TV, but would move to an online format at the Channel Online website, but was quietly dropped soon after. The last TV edition was broadcast on 15 September 2013.

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