Tom Parker's Pointless episode leaves viewers in tears as it airs after heartbreaking death

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Viewers of Pointless have been left emotional after an episode aired featuring Tom Parker, who tragically died earlier this week.

The singer was 33 when he died after a battle with brain cancer, and tributes from his huge amount of fans and friends have flooded in since.

And on Saturday 2 April, BBC broadcast Tom's episode, leaving fans to take to Twitter filled with emotion. The BBC shared: "This episode of Pointless Celebrities was recorded late last year and has been scheduled tonight with the full support and blessing of Tom's family." Get exclusive celebrity stories and fabulous photoshoots straight to your inbox with OK!'s daily newsletter In the game show episode, Tom competes with best pal and bandmate Max George and they battle it out against Greg McHugh, Kimberley Nixon, Dominic Holland, Ninia Benjamin, Dom Joly and Ria Lina.They got all the way to the final after demonstrating an impressive performance and ended up taking home the jackpot of £2,500 after they correctly selected a Pointless answer.The money was then donated to the Brain Tumour Research charity in moving scenes. "What a moving tribute, well done Tom," one person wrote, while another added: "Never thought I’d cry over an episode of #Pointless, but very comforting hearing Tom’s laugh and watching our boys with their sense of humour.The episode also made me laugh and smile because it showed our Tom at his best.

So happy they won." A third person agreed, saying: "Crying at Tom Parker and Max George getting that pointless answer." And another said: "Anyone else crying…" and someone else added: "This is so difficult to watch RIP." Posting a gallery of images of the pair over the years, Tom's friend and bandmate Max who appeared alongside him on.