George is a supporting character who appeared in various adaptations of the BBC sitcom Blackadder, played by Hugh Laurie.

George Colthurst St Barleigh, was a young officer in the British Army during World War I, a supporting protagonist in the fourth series.

[2][5] While George is considered foolish, and completely self-absorbed,[10] he is helpful and loyal, and is aware he is not very intelligent, describing himself as "thick as a whale omelette".

[11][12] In a 2008 retrospective, co-star Stephen Fry said George's keenness for self-improvement was one of the things he felt made the character likeable.

His character draws a lot of similarities to the naive 2nd Lt. Raleigh from R C Sherriff's 1928 play Journey's End; as well as being strongly reminiscent in both manner and personality of Bertie Wooster (as whom Laurie would later go on to appear).

[14] Although he lacks any kind of skill, competence, or authority as an officer, his upper-class status and educational background meant he went straight into the commissioned ranks upon enlisting.

In the series, Lieutenant George is seen wearing the following ribbons: Tim McInnerny, who had starred in The Black Adder and Blackadder II as Lord Percy Percy, was afraid to be typecast in comedic roles and decided not to appear in the third instalment of Blackadder,[2][17] though he did appear in the episode "Nob and Nobility", as Lord Topper, a snobbish aristocrat who claims to be The Scarlet Pimpernel, and returned in the fourth series playing Captain Kevin Darling.

[20] Writers Ben Elton and Richard Curtis were unfazed by this, referring to George as "a fat, flatulent git", an appropriate description for the real Prince rather than Laurie.

[5][21] Laurie was supposed to wear a monocle as Lt. George, the character's second incarnation, but eventually decided against it after it kept falling out of grasp.