The Great British Bake Off star Alison Hammond has shared a sweet birthday tribute to her co-host Noel Fielding.
To celebrate Noel’s 51st lap around the sun, Alison posted a selfie of the pair to her Instagram Story, captioning it: "Happy birthday to this little treasure."
Last year, Noel shocked fans when he marked his milestone 50th birthday by posting a party selfie on Instagram, sparking a frenzy in the comments section about his age.
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"50? Whose blood are you drinking?" joked one individual at the time, while another added: "It's an Ouuuuutrage …. How you haven't aged a bit. Wishing you all the best and the rest for the next fifty."
Noel recently ventured away from Bake Off tent to executive produce and star in Apple TV+'s The Completely Made-up Adventures of Dick Turpin.
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The series stars the TV presenter as the titular British highwayman, who was cemented into folklore and legend after his exploits in the 1700s led to his execution.
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Discussing the show and the similar feel it has to his cult TV series The Mighty Boosh, Noel told Digital Spy: "It's weird, because the writers that I work with are much younger than me. So they sort of grew up on Boosh as well.
"So sometimes they will say to me, 'Oh, that's a little bit Boosh.' Because they know all of the episodes, and I've forgotten them [laughs]."
He continued: "But I think because [Dick Turpin is] a period comedy, it feels different enough that I can do… That is kind of my humour, really. There's nothing I can do about it. I couldn't just go off and write an episode of Veep instead. It's not my bag."
The Great British Bake Off and its spin-off Bake Off: An Extra Slice both air on Channel 4 in the UK. In the US, it's known as The Great British Baking Show, and streams on Netflix.
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