George Savage

George Savage is a non-canonical character created for the Agatha Christie's Marple adaptation Why Didn't They Ask Evans? He was the first husband of Sylvia Savage, a character derived from Sylvia Bassington-ffrench in the original novel. George died many years before the events in the episode but he is seen in several flashback scenes and also as a painting in Castle Savage, the Savage family home. George Savage is portrayed by Basher Savage.

In this adaptation the family trees of the Bassington-ffrenches and the Savages are combined. Unlike John Savage in the original novel who is an unmarried millionaire with no near relatives, the Savages here are more like the Bassington-ffrenches, an old aristocratic family with a family estate and an extended family tree.

Many years before the events in the episode, George, or Lord George, to use his title, was one of two brothers in the Savage family and was married to Sylvia. However, Sylvia later met the younger brother Jack. While all of them were in China, Sylvia had an affair with Jack. Together they plotted and killed George and then married each other. With the war coming, Jack left China with Sylvia, and forced her to leave behind and abandon her two children from her marriage to George, Alice and Michael. Back in England, Jack "inherited" the family title as "Lord Jack" and settled down in the family estate.

George is seen in military uniform, suggesting that he was a British army officer.