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Barry Cryer tells stories of losing the crowd
British writer and comedian Barry Cryer shares stories about times fellow comics were "dying on stage".
He jokes about nights when Tom O'Connor and Les Dawson suffered every comic's worst nightmare in failing to get a laugh.
This clip is originally from The Danny Baker Show on Saturday 13 June 2015.
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