But sadly the broadcast was postponed to make way for a Pointless Celebrity special and 38-year-old Ms Booth died in August, before the show was aired yesterday afternoon. It has transpired that a friend of the family reached out to the gameshow's producers and asked if Lucy could preview her appearance. WE bet you didn't know this about BBC's Pointless. dailystar. The pair recorded two episodes of the quiz hosted by Alexander Armstrong and Richard Osman late last year and both had been due for broadcast this summer. I contacted the production company and the production manager Tara Ali. Sue added: "It was a pleasure watching a most amazing young woman and her lovely mum appearing on Pointless. order back issues and use the historic Daily Express You can unsubscribe at any time. Farm Heroes Saga, the #4 Game on iTunes. Much loved, much missed xxx", A BBC spokesman said: “We were made aware that Lucy was gravely ill and were glad to accommodate the request for her to see the episodes with her family.”, When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. "A lovely and fitting tribute they showed there (to Lucy), at the end of today's @TVsPointless," someone else said. BBC quiz show Pointless has been praised for a heartfelt tribute to a contestant who sadly died from cancer before the programme aired. The "pocket rocket" and her mum recorded two episodes of the quiz hosted by Alexander Armstrong and Richard Osman late last year and both had been due for broadcast this summer. ', A BBC Spokesman said: 'We were made aware that Lucy was gravely ill and were glad to accommodate the request for her to see the episodes with her family.'. "Please Alexander can you make some calls and have the Booth girls episode shown much sooner than that, so that Lucy will be able to watch it?". By Claire Corkery PUBLISHED: 06:25, Wed, May 17, 2017 "I beg you from the bottom of my heart, Lucy is amazing and is fighting as hard as she can but her options are dwindling fast.". 'Once I'd told her the situation she sent a video link direct to Lucy and her mum whilst she was in the hospice, they also sent a DVD to Jackie so the family have it forever. That led to a flurry of activity on social media as people shocked by the revelation of her death turned to Facebook to track down Lucy'd relatives to pass on their condolences. Heartbreaking story of Pointless contestant who died before episode made it to air ONE of the contestants on yesterday's instalment of Pointless … The touching move was appreciated by fans on social media, with one person tweeting: "Oh gosh RIP Lucy Booth #Pointless.". "Endemol Productions came through, they and Tara were brillant and Lucy and Jackie watched it together two weeks before she passed away.". See today's front and back pages, download the newspaper, "It was very difficult to watch knowing that this utterly fabulous girl, is no longer with us after losing her very courageous fight with cancer. The views expressed in the contents above are those of our users and do not necessarily reflect the views of MailOnline. POINTLESS presenter Richard Osman stopped the show last night after a contestant introduced herself to co-host Alexander Armstrong. One Facebook poster Dave Cooling wrote: "Had the programme been shown while Lucy was alive, there would have been no 'in memory' at the end, and few viewers would have thought any more. newspaper archive. Another fan of the show simply said: "That episode of pointless was so sad at the end with that tribute.". Lucy's funeral was held at St John's in High Legh, Cheshire, on August 23 and a special memorial is being arranged in London. But thankfully tenderhearted TV executives who heard of her heartbreaking plight hurriedly sent her and her family a video link and DVD of their favourite programme. Now friends of Lucy, who lived in London but grew up in Cheshire, have paid tribute to her bravery and thanked the production company who make the show for fulfilling her last wish. Pointless hosts Richard Osman and Alexander Armstrong are among the names being praised by viewers who saw the tribute to late contestant Lucy Booth. She is now very poorly. "Seeing her on screen so bubbly and knowledgable makes it doubly hard to accept she has gone from us.". 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