You Can't Win (1966–1966)
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.
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Episodes by season
Season01
- S01E01Who's for America?July 7, 1966—
- S01E02In at the Deep EndJuly 14, 1966—
- S01E03Chaos Is ComeJuly 21, 1966—
- S01E04Goodbye Myrtle GoodbyeJuly 28, 1966—
- S01E05The New LookAugust 4, 1966—
- S01E06Learning the LawAugust 11, 1966—
- S01E07The Stream of LifeAugust 18, 1966—
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