“The Singapore Grip,” a new drama from ITV, is facing intense scrutiny over its depiction of colonialism, with British East and Southeast Asian media advocacy group BEATS calling the series “harmful ...

ITV is adapting J.G. Farrell’s World War II novel The Singapore Grip with a script from Oscar winner Christopher Hampton. The British broadcaster has ordered a six-part series produced by Poldark and ...

Related: The Singapore Grip's David Morrissey says Britain needs to "be honest" about "ourselves and our history" When the broadcaster released a trailer for the six-part series earlier this month, ...

The Singapore Grip will explore one of the "darkest" and least-known moments of the Second World War, according to its screenwriter. The new ITV drama focuses on a British family living in Singapore ...

Unfortunately, instead of playing it straight, the cast in Christopher Hampton’s adaptation play their roles as broad caricatures. It’s all a bit stale, right down to the casting. There’s ruthless ...

In March 2020, when it became clear that my university campus was about to close due to the coronavirus pandemic, I hastily grabbed from my office shelves my well-thumbed copies of JG Farrell’s Empire ...

The Walking Dead star David Morrissey and Traitors’ Luke Treadaway are to star in ITV’s adaptation of J.G. Farrell’s World War II novel The Singapore Grip. The pair will feature in the six-part series ...

There's a whole world under the surface and only Ron has any idea about it. And sometimes the two worlds collide, and sometimes they don't. Ron holds them at arm's length from each other. Watch every ...

ITV has commissioned The Singapore Grip, adapted by Christopher Hampton (Atonement, Dangerous Liaisons) from Booker Prize winner J.G. Farrell’s novel. The Singapore Grip is an epic story set during ...