Kideo (TV series)

{{Short description|Australian educational television show (1993-94)}}

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Kideo was an Australian educational television show for kids. Each episode focused on a different topic and it was broadcast by the ABC on Sunday mornings.{{Citation | last= Cairncross | first= Lynne | title= Selling numbers to kids| url= | periodical= The Sydney Morning Herald | date= 10 January 1994}} Beginning in 1993{{Citation | last= | first= | title= Your critical guide to Sunday TV | url= | periodical= The Sydney Morning Herald | date= 24 December 1993}} it was a 25 minute show which was shown during the Couch Potato wrapper show.{{Citation | last= | first= | title= Sunday | url= | periodical= The Age | date= 27 February 1994}}

Kideo was directed by John Clark, written by Clark with Karl Kruszelnicki and produced by Ian Iveson.{{Citation | last= | first= | title= Briefly | url= https://issuu.com/libuow/docs/cinemapaper1992mayno088 | periodical= Cinema Papers | date= May 1992 | page=3}} It was co-presented by teenagers Stephanie Hardy and Daniel Taylor. It featured the Question Man (Rory O'Donoghue), Mrs Nobel (Sheila Kennelly) and the comedy duo the Empty Pockets (Matthew Quartermaine and Matthew Parkinson).{{cite web |last= |first= |date= |title= KIDEO!: ANIMALS (TV) |url= https://www.paleycenter.org/collection/item?item=T%3A34449|website= Paley Archive |location= New York, NY |publisher= The Paley Center for Media |access-date= 2 July 2025}}