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Simply Syndicated^[1] is a company which produces a selection of podcasts^[2] and began podcasting in the summer of August 2005.

Contents 1 History 2 Movies You Should See 2.1 Episode Guide 3 Make It So 3.1 Episode Guide 3.2 History of the title 4 Weekend Watches 4.1 Episode Guide 5 ...Or Do You Think That's Just Bo!!*#ks? 5.1 Episode Guide 6 The Definitive Word 6.1 Episode Guide 7 Simply One 8 Simply Hear 9 References

During March of 2005, Richard Smith and Tristan Ofield of Anonymous Room Productions^[3] began experimenting with podcasting as a means of promoting various feature length and short films, by releasing a series of features covering their new film releases. It became clear that podcasting was a new media which was capable of so much more.

They set about creating a weekly audio show called Movies You Should See, which launched in August 2005. Due to the popularity of Movies You Should See it became necessary to find a new web host. With a new hosting account came a free domain name, which provided the opportunity to create a whole new web site dedicated to creating and providing various types of podcasts, as well as showcasing new work from Anonymous Room Productions. Smith set about creating simplysyndicated.com.

The site began with one show, and over time has expanded its line up to include five shows an audio channel and a video channel, with all of the shows hosted by various hosts of Movies You Should See, along with other people who have previously worked with Anonymous Room Productions.

The Movies You Should See (MYSS) podcast^[4][5] is released once a week, currently on Saturdays, with each episode lasting around an hour. Each week the five presenters, Richard Smith, Tristan Ofield, Allison Downing, Mike Dawson and Craig Bevan, review a film that they think is a 'Movie You Should See'. Their choices are diverse, ranging from Amelie to Amores Perros, from Ghostbusters to The Goonies. Unlike many other podcasts, MYSS is highly unstructured and all five presenters regularly disagree with each other. They often roam onto topics that are totally unrelated to the film supposedly being reviewed, as well as discussing other works of people who worked on the film, and other dubiously linked topics. This often results in random anecdotes and fits of laughter all round. However, to fans of the show, this is half the fun and contributes greatly to its popularity and growing cult following.

The show was originally recorded in Leeds, and did not feature Allison Downing. Allison is the partner of Richard Smith and became part of the regular cast of the show after she and Richard began living together and recording of the show moved to Haworth, West Yorkshire. Allison added the missing part of the MYSS equation, a female perspective that none of the other hosts could add.

MYSS is also notable for its large volume of in-jokes, something which may confuse the new listener. These include repeated references to the actor Clancy Brown (often shouted loudly) and to 'Nightarrows', a particularly ridiculous element of the film TimeLine. The presenters are also occasionally know by grumpy alter egos, so that Richard Smith becomes Bitch-ard Smith when angry or annoyed about something. Similarly, Rage Bevan, Alison Frowning, and the now infamous Mike Crawson also make returning appearances. Tristan Ofield was away that week and so doesn't have a funny name, something which has been discussed on subsequent episodes.

1. 28 Days Later (only available in store)
2. The Wrath of Khan (only available in store)
3. The Living Daylights (only available in store)
4. Boiler Room (only available in store)
5. Layer Cake (only available in store)
6. Memento (only available in store)
7. Spiderman (only available in store)
8. Serenity (only available in store)
9. Ghostbusters (only available in store)
10. Batman Begins - Guest: Will Tristram (only available in store)
11. The Shawshank Redemption - Guest: Will Tristram (only available in store)
12. Alien - Guest: Will Tristram (only available in store)
13. Lost in Translation - Guest: Nigel Crow (only available in store)
14. Closer (only available in store)
15. Enduring Love (only available in store)
16. Christmas Movies Special (only available in store)
17. The Goonies (only available in store)
18. Training Day (only available in store)
19. Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (only available in store)
20. The Thing (only available in store)
21. Amelie (only available in store)
22. The Descent (only available in store)
23. Swingers (only available in store)
24. The Limey (only available in store)
25. Event Horizon
26. The Incredibles
27. The Princess Bride
28. Predator: the Arnie Special
29. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
30. Attack the Gas Station
31. Die Hard
32. Old Boy
33. Robocop
34. The French Connection
35. Back to the Future
36. Things We Hate- A Movies You Should See Special
37. Big Trouble in Little China
38. Full Metal Jacket
39. Airplane
40. Swimming with Sharks
41. The Untouchables
42. Ray
43. The Blair Witch Project
44. Heat
45. Grosse Pointe Blank
46. City of God
47. The Abyss
48. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
49. Movies You Should See 1st Birthday Special
50. From Dusk Till Dawn
51. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
52. Fight Club
53. Jurassic Park
54. The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King
55. Saving Private Ryan
56. Wayne's World
57. Downfall
58. Lethal Weapon
59. Rear Window
60. Goodfellas
61. Shaun of the Dead
62. The Return
63. Singing in the Rain
64. Miller's Crossing
65. Sexy Beast
66. The Great Escape
67. Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
68. Christmas Movies Special 2
69. TV You Should See
70. 2006 Review - A Movies You Should See Special
71. Amores Perros
72. Leon
73. The Sting
74. Casino Royale
75. American History X
76. Terminator 2
77. Ferris Bueller's Day Off
78. The Constant Gardener

Make It So is a podcast^[6][7] hosted by Richard Smith and Mike Dawson in which they discuss aspects of the popular TV series and films Star Trek. The show is unstructured and takes an episode's discussion topic usually grabbed from the shows' forum^[8] at the last minute. Make It So is released every Monday.

1. Episode 1 - Star Trek Movies
2. Episode 2 - Swearing in the Star Trek Universe
3. Episode 3 - Worst Character
4. Episode 4 - The future of Star Trek and what the hosts would do if they had control over it
5. Episode 5 - Favorite Bad Guy
6. Episode 6 - Star Trek talk and discussion
7. Episode 7 - Best Captain
8. Episode 8 - Time Travel
9. Episode 9 - Why they love Star Trek
10. Episode 10 - Craig Bevan guest stars and asks questions from the point of view from someone who dosn't watch it
11. Episode 11 - Pilot episodes of each series
12. Episode 12 - Dream crew
13. Episode 13 - Story lines that never lead anywhere
14. Episode 14 - Part 1 of ship discussion
15. Episode 15 - Review of Season 2 of The Next Generation
16. Episode 16 - Weapons of Star Trek
17. Episode 17 - Wesley Crusher
18. Episode 18 - People who get away with sh*t on Star Trek

The title Make It So is taken from the "Make it so" command frequently used by Captain Jean-Luc Picard (Patrick Stewart), a fictional Starfleet officer in The Next Generation. The command is used following an order to prepare for something, like plotting a course to prepare for a trip, or arming torpedos to prepare for an attack, means "make the order I just gave you happen".

Weekend Watches is a weekly podcast^[9][10] presented by Richard Smith and Allison Downing, who are a couple, with episodes currently released every Thursday. The show is something of a spin-off from the original Movies You Should See podcast, covering mainly film and television recommendations for the forthcoming weekend.

1. Episode 1 - Madonna, Star Trek, Torchwood
2. Episode 2 - DVDs, Gordon Ramsey
3. Episode 3 - French films, Torchwood, fat people
4. Episode 4 - Gordon Ramsey, Father Ted
5. Episode 5 - Christmas Episode
6. Episode 6 - Rocky, 24, Children of Men
7. Episode 7 - Oscars, Harry Hill, Les Triplettes de Belleville

...Or Do You Think That's Just Bo!!*#ks? is a weekly podcast^[11][12] released on Tuesdays, hosted by Richard Smith in which he talks about various aspects of the news and popular culture that he finds annoying.

1. Episode 1 - Google, Madonna, Steve Irwin
2. Episode 2 - America^{[disambiguation needed]}, Torchwood
3. Episode 3 - BBC, Copying CDs, Gmail
4. Episode 4 - Allison joins
5. Episode 5 - Gmail, spam, Gastric Bypass, smelly people
6. Episode 6 - Quick Christmas episode
7. Episode 7 - First of the new year
8. Episode 8 - Bihndi Irwin, England, France, Forums

The Definitive Word will be a weekly podcast^[13] released on Fridays, hosted by Will Tristram, in which he and his guests will discuss all manner of the arts and modern society and culture. No topic will be off limits and topics could range from singers turned actors to the DRM debate. Guests have included Richard Smith, Mike Dawson, and Stu Perry.

1. Episode 1 - Singers Turner Actors (released 2/9/07)
2. Episode 2 - DRM: Digital Rights Management (released 2/16/07)
3. Episode 3 - Reality Television (released 2/24/07)
4. Episode 4 - Computer Games (released 3/2/07)
5. Episode 5 - Award Ceremonies (released 3/12/07)
6. Episode 6 - Old Music Versus New (released 3/16/07)
7. Episode 7 - British TV (released 3/23/07)

Simply One^[14] is touted as "General entertainment video channel from Anonymous Room. Coming soon."^[2], described as "Coming Autumn 2006", and otherwise promoted with "Check back for updates."

Simply Hear^[15][16] is the way to hear every audio podcast from Simply Syndicated in one single RSS feed.

1. ^ Smith, Richard; Dawson, Mike; Ofield, Tristan. Simply Syndicated from Anonymous Room Productions. Anonymous Room Productions. Retrieved on February 24, 2007.
2. ^ ^{a b} Simply Syndicated - Podcasts
3. ^ Anonymous Room Productions
4. ^ Simply Syndicated - Movies You Should See
5. ^ Movies You Should See on PodcastAlley.com -- The place to find Podcasts
6. ^ Simply Syndicated - Make It So
7. ^ Make It So on PodcastAlley.com -- The place to find Podcasts
8. ^ Make It So - All Discussions
9. ^ Simply Syndicated - Weekend Watches
10. ^ Weekend Watches on PodcastAlley.com -- The place to find Podcasts
11. ^ Simply Syndicated - ...Or Do You Think That's Just Bo!!*#ks?
12. ^ ...or do you think that's just bo!!*#ks? on PodcastAlley.com -- The place to find Podcasts
13. ^ Simply Syndicated - The Definitive Word
14. ^ Simply Syndicated - Simply One
15. ^ Simply Syndicated - Simply Hear
16. ^ Simply Hear on PodcastAlley.com -- The place to find Podcasts