TV series
You Can't Win
1966, English, on ITV Granada.
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.
- Seasons
- 1
- Episodes
- 7
- Episode length
- 30 min
- Status
- Ended in 1966
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Latest episode
S1 E7: The Stream of Life
Aired 18 August 1966
Seasons 1
Cast & crew
- Ian McShaneJoe Lunn · 7 ep
- John HumphryRobert Watson · 7 ep
- Peter BirrelTom Jacobs · 7 ep
- Anton DarbySteve · 7 ep
- Patricia GarwoodMyrtle · 7 ep
- David RobinsonFrank · 7 ep
- Roger HammondHarry · 7 ep
- Donald HewlettDaddy · 7 ep
- Edward WoodwardCast · 1 ep
- Glyn OwenCast · 1 ep
- Alan WheatleyCast · 1 ep
- Jack MayCast · 1 ep
Details
- First aired
- 7 July 1966
- Last aired
- 18 August 1966
- Network
- ITV Granada
- Language
- English
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Type
- Scripted
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You Can't Win: quick answers
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How many seasons of You Can't Win are there?
You Can't Win has 1 season and 7 episodes, about 30 minutes each.
Is You Can't Win finished?
Yes. You Can't Win ended in 1966, so you can watch the whole story.
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If you liked You Can't Win, try Off Campus, You Can't Do That on Television, When Calls the Heart.