What is The Singapore Grip and why was it filmed in Kuala Lumpur and Penang?

Lavish new television period drama The Singapore Grip is set in the Lion City and features stunning locations – all of which are in Malaysia.Based on the third book in J.G. Farrell’s Empire trilogy, published in 1978, the story revolves around rubber barons Mr Webb (Charles Dance) and Walter Blackett (David Morrissey) against the backdrop of the fall of Singapore. But the production team found the city state too gleamingly modern and urban to fit the bill for the early 1940s. Instead they…

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