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You Can't Win

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You Can't Win — Plot

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.

  • Release date
  • July 7, 1966
  • Runtime
  • 30 min
1 seasons

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You Can't Win — Cast

Ian McShane photo Ian McShane Joe Lunn John Humphry Robert Watson Peter Birrel Tom Jacobs Anton Darby Steve Patricia Garwood photo Patricia Garwood Myrtle David Robinson Frank Roger Hammond photo Roger Hammond Harry Donald Hewlett photo Donald Hewlett Daddy

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