You Can't Win

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You Can't Win

You Can't Win was a 1966 British television series made by ITV as an adaptation of the novels Scenes from Provincial Life and Scenes from Married Life by William Cooper. It stars Ian McShane as protagonist Joe Lunn, an English provincial grammar school physics teacher in 1939 who later moves to London and into the English establishment.

Jul 7, 19661 seasons7 episodesEndedEN

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Ian McShane

Ian McShane

Joe Lunn

Patricia Garwood

Patricia Garwood

Myrtle

Roger Hammond

Roger Hammond

Harry

Donald Hewlett

Donald Hewlett

Daddy

Seasons

Season 1

7 episodes

Premiered Jul 7, 1966

Episodes

1–6 of 7

Who's for America?

In at the Deep End

Chaos Is Come

Goodbye Myrtle Goodbye

The New Look

Learning the Law

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Networks

ITV Granada

GB

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