Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield delight fans by hosting This Morning on their day off before leaving the show for a six-week break

HOLLY Willoughby and Phillip Schofield have delighted fans by hosting This Morning on their day off before leaving the show for a six-week break.

The pair are taking the rest of the summer off and they put in an extra day of work before bowing out.

Holly and Phil usually always take Fridays off, leaving Eamonn Holmes and wife Ruth Langsford to cover for them.

But they surprised fans today by hosting the show today as they prepare for their long summer break.

Viewers will have to wait until September to see Holly and Phil back on TV.

Holly said: We're not usually here on a Friday, but there's plenty of Friday fun to be had."

Phil added: "Eamonn and Ruth will be holding the fort from Monday."

Fans first got suspicious about the show line-up this morning when Holly added her daily fashion update from the studio on her Instagram page.

She posted a snap of herself wearing a denim shirt and quirky patterned skirt and joked she felt inspired by Phil's turn on stage in musical Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.

Holly wrote: "@schofe had his dream coat, I've got my dream skirt! Today's look on @this morning ... shirt by @marksandspencer and skirt by @eponinelondon #HWStyle💁✨."

Fans flocked to the page to discuss whether she would be on This Morning today - and many admitted they would be shocked to see her on TV on a Friday.

One wrote: "But its Friday 🙊 You don't do fridays."

Another added: "I think it's the last one for the summer so the working year for them... they did Friday last year before they finished for 7 weeks."

A third stated: "Will miss u throughout the 7 weeks. But will be watching you today xxx."

It comes after a big week for Holly as fans have praised the star over weight loss.

She has been showing off her new slim figure, and yesterday viewers rushed to snap up the £70 dress she wore on the show.

The white backless frock sold out while she was on air.

Holly shared a snap of herself modelling the Finery gown on her Instagram page before hitting the studio for the live TV show.

Fans flocked to congratulate Holly on her sensational body and then headed to Finery's website in a bid to get their hands on the dress.

Many were disappointed to find their size had sold out and by the time This Morning came off air the online clothing store had put a waiting list in place.

A representative for Finery told The Sun Online that Holly caused a spike in sales and the dress sold out in minutes.

The spokesperson said: "The dress did sell out following Holly wearing it on This Morning so she had a very positive impact!"

Fans headed back to Holly's Instagram page to express their disappointment.

One wrote: "This dress is sold out!!😪."

Another added: "Love the dress....just went on line to get it....my size has sold out!!

"Never mind...you look fab in it and that'll have to do! 👗"

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