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Katie Fitzpatrick

Tess Daly unrecognisable in Pulp Fiction wig for Leigh Francis' 50th birthday with Holly Willoughby as Barbie and Phillip Schofield as Ron Burgundy

This Morning presenter Holly Willoughby paid tribute to another famous blonde at her friend Leigh Francis' 50th birthday bash. The mum-of-three, 42, stepped out as Barbie for the celebration in a bubblegum-coloured outfit with matching headband and neckerchief.

Emily Atack joined her fellow Celebrity Juice star to dress up as screen goddess Marilyn Monroe with a shorter, blonder and curlier hairstyle. But as Emily, 33, channelled Gentlemen Prefer Blondes to celebrate the Keith Lemon star's landmark birthday, Strictly Come Dancing host Tess Daly swiched to the dark side.

Tess, 54, went dark brunette for as she came in costume as Mia Wallace, the straight-talking iconic character portrayed by Uma Thurman in the 1994 Quentin Tarantino film Pulp Fiction. Her Radio 2 presenter husband Vernon Kay, 49, joined her by dressing up as Mia's hitman date Vincent Vega from the movie.

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"An amazing evening celebrating @keithlemon being 50 and fab!" Tess wrote on her Instagram with a black and white photo of the husband and wife, and her fans hardly recognised her.

Olympic track and field athlete Dame Denise Lewis gasped: "Oooh that hairstyle suit you!" And tamrads commented: "Tess looks amazing with dark hair."

anna1134smith said: "I love you blonde. You look stunning dark. Your eyes pop more." And lucy gilmartin told her: "Omg I absolutely love your hair like that." And tessijo pointed out: "Your hair."

Sandra Leah said: "Wondered what Vernon was doing with Anne Hathaway." elson2048 wrote: "Fabulous, Tess I didn't recognise you at first xx" And tvnewscaps100 told her: "That wig really does suits you Tess!" Clare Sheehan agreed: "Omg Tess, you look absolutely stunning with dark hair, I love it"

Holly's This Morning and Dancing On Ice co-host Phillp Schofield, 61, also looked unrecognisable. He changed his look with a dark brown wig and a stick-on moustache to become Will Ferrell's Anchorman character Ron Burgundy.

Emily Atack, Emma Buntona and Holly Willoughby and Joel Dommett and Phillip Schofield (Emily Atack/Instagram and Phillip Schofield/Instagram)

He saw the funny side that both he and Masked Dancer presenter Joel Dommett had both turned up in the same costume as the anchor for fictional San Diego television station KVWN channel. He shared a picture of them both side-by-side with the words: "2 glasses of burgundy please."

Spice Girl Emma Bunton made waves as Daryl Hannah in the 1984 film Splash, about a man played by Tom Hanks who falls in love with a woman who is secretly a mermaid. She looked sensational in a white shirt and her hair worn crimped like Daryl in the film.

Phillp's daughter Molly shared a video of Emma and fellow Spice Girl Mel C, who also turned heads like Tess as Pulp Fiction's Mia. The pair joyfully sang and danced along with the Spice Girls' debut hit Wannabe.

Leigh's friend Paddy McGuinness, 49, who he teamed up with on the 2017 series The Keith and Paddy Picture Show, posed for snap together as the birthday messages flooded in. The Top Gear host planted a kiss on the head of his pal, who impressed in a Tron costume while Paddy, from Bolton, dressed up as Western film legend Clint Eastwood.

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