George (Blackadder) George (Blackadder) George is a supporting character who appeared in various adaptations of the BBC sitcom "Blackadder", played by Hugh Laurie. Each series saw a different incarnation of the character, because each was set in a different period of history. He was most prominently featured in the third and fourth series. The character was added to the series as a replacement for the Lord Percy Percy character, who did not appear in the third instalment because Tim McInnerny, the actor playing him, feared being typecast. The first incarnation of the character was a caricature of George, Prince of Wales, serving
The Son of God Goes Forth to War The Son of God Goes Forth to War The Son of God Goes Forth to War (1812) is a hymn by Reginald Heber which appears, with reworked lyrics, in the novella "The Man Who Would Be King" (1888), by Rudyard Kipling and, set to the Irish tune "The Moreen" / "The Minstrel Boy", in the film "The Man Who Would Be King" (1975), directed by John Huston. In religious use it is more often sung to Henry Stephen Cutler's 1872 tune "All Saints New", which was written for it. <poem> The Son of God goes forth to war, a kingly