In this episode, Paul returns to work after missing a Committee meeting and is dismayed to discover that there has been a members' meltdown, led by Dr Paisley. What can he do to retrieve the situation?

Paul sets out on his first foreign trip as Clerk, accompanying a three-man delegation to Strasbourg to meet with the EU Fisheries Commissioner. Can he ensure the visit goes off without diplomatic incident and that nobody gets left behind?

In this episode, the Assembly has returned from its first period of suspension, and, after a few months of relative stability, Paul moves up a level in the Assembly secretariat.

He's about to find out what it’s like to actually be ‘Mister Clerk’, and to be the official responsible for the Committee’s operation.   

Paisley's Agriculture and Rural Development Committee opens its first 'Inquiry' with a major set piece evidence session - in the rather ornate Senate Chamber - involving the main retailers operating in Northern Ireland.

The session takes place against a background of uncertainty about the future - it is widely expected that the Secretary of State will suspend the Assembly later that day.

On the 2nd of December 2024, it will be

Paul Moore - a civil servant seconded to a job ‘up the hill’ the week before devolution - was surprised to be working with Ian Paisley. In this episode, he sees first-hand how badly the DUP leader’s decision to work in a Committee alongside Sinn Fein MLAs has gone down with some of his erstwhile supporters.    

Paul has adapted these episodes from his book: ‘Doctor

On the 2nd of December 2024, it was exactly

Paul Moore – a former Assembly official who had been seconded to his job ‘up the hill’ the week before devolution - remembers the high hopes and expectations of many, and the vehement opposition of some, to the Belfast/Good

Paul has adapted a number of ‘episodes’ from his book:

In this first episode, which covers the Assembly’s earliest days and weeks of operation, Paul discovers that he is about to work closely alongside a certain Ian R K Paisley - the Agreement’s most vocal opponent at the time.