What is a Singapore Grip as ITV drama airs?

Luke Treadaway’s character Matthew is in for a surprise when he finds out what Singapore Grip means (Picture: ITV)ITV is heading back to World War II on Sunday night as the satirical drama The Singapore Grip makes its debut.The series, based on the 1978 novel by JG Farrell, has a pretty stellar cast including David Morrissey, Elizabeth Tan, Luke Treadaway and Jane Horrocks, and tells the story of a wealthy family living in Singapore during the Second World War in the wake of the Japanese i