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Lieutenant The Honourable George Colthurst St. Bartleigh was a fictional soldier and character in the fourth and final series of the popular BBC Sitcom '' Blackadder '', played by Hugh Laurie . Public School educated, George served as a stereotype of the ever-optimistic young officer in the British Army during World War I . (A couple of episodes indicate that George is an graduate of Trinity College, Cambridge .) George is just as loud and foolish as Prince George in series three (indeed, it would not be too great a stretch of the imagination to say that Lieutenant George was a descendant of the ever- Promiscuous Prince George), yet Lieutenant George carries himself with a great deal more innocence than the Prince, and his blind optimism shows that he is unaware of the seriousness of the situation he is in. Rather, he treats the war as a jolly game or as an exciting adventure story, and cannot wait to get to grips with the enemy (blissfully ignorant of the fact that he'll be wiped out long before he can get to them). He is also rather patriotically gullible, naively believing even the most exaggerated and ludicrous items of propaganda issued by the British. George serves in a Trench under Captain Blackadder , to whom his presence is a constant annoyance. Despite Blackadder's obvious hostility, however, he both admires and likes his superior officer. The dugout in which they live is also shared with Private S. Baldrick . George has a special friendship with General Melchett , as the two both attended the same public school. Melchett even offers George a way out of the trenches for the 'final push', which he refuses, much to Blackadder's annoyance. Nonetheless, before the final push, he appears to realize the gravity of the situation, as he realizes that all his fellow members of the Trinity College Tiddlywinks team he signed up to fight with are now dead; he is unable to satisfactorily answer Private S. Baldrick 's impassioned questioning of why they're fighting, and expresses his fear of dying shortly before going over the top. George apparently has several hidden talents, which include Painting and performing in a Drag act. George died going ' Over The Top ' in 1917 . With the Lieutenant, Laurie and the writers confirmed that the "George" character was intended to replace '', playing the Roman Consul Georgius and the modern day Lt The Viscount George Bufton-Tufton. |
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