Oscar Puffin

Oscar Puffin
Oscar in the Puffin's Pla(i)ce studio
First appearance	3 March 1963
Created by	ITV Channel Television
In-universe information
Species	Puffin
Gender	Male
Nationality	Channel Islander

Oscar Grosnez Corbière Claud Puffin, known as Oscar Puffin is a television station mascot for ITV Channel Television. Oscar is the star of the birthday greetings programme Puffin's Pla(i)ce which currently airs at weekends on the station. He's the last remaining ITV regional mascot and his show has been on television at least once a week since 3 March 1963.

He was born on the island of Burhou in the Channel Islands.

Early Development

To introduce Oscar Puffin to viewers, it was claimed that Oscar had been watching Channel Television since its inception in September 1962 and was concerned that there was no on-screen children's birthday club for Channel Islands children. He therefore decided to start one himself, but was in the unfortunate situation of not possessing a name. Therefore, a competition to name him was run in the Channel Islands local TV listing magazine, The Channel Viewer, during February 1963. There were several winners of the competition. Christine Tongs from Guernsey chose the name 'Oscar', Caroline Romeril from Jersey chose the name 'Groznez' and Ann Balshaw of Guernsey chose the names 'Corbière Claud'.

Present

In September 2013 it was announced Puffin's Pla(i)ce would no longer be broadcast on TV, but would move to an online format at the Channel Online website. The last TV edition was broadcast on 15 September 2013.

External links

• Puffin's Pla(i)ce at channelonline.tv