Brookside star Claire Sweeney was offered this deal with ITV to host her own primetime show. She fronted 12 episodes of Challenge of a Lifetime, a spin off from Don't Try This at Home, the Saturday evening challenge programme.
The actress steps in for Davina McCall was pregnant with her first child and could not be considered for the role which involves dangerous stunts. London Weekend Television and Golden Square Pictures, the producers of the programme, said Sweeney was granted "special leave" from soap Brookside, in which she played single-mother Lindsey Corkhill.
