the Sun and co-hosted ITV's Chef v Britain with Gino D'Acampo. In May 2005 she was among the performers who took part in A Party to Remember event commemorating the 60th anniversary of VE Day. In 2005 and 2006, Sweeney appeared in pantomime productions of Snow White and Aladdin at the Theatre Royal, Nottingham. In July 2006, She took on the role of Miss Adelaide in the British production of Guys and Dolls at the Piccadilly Theatre in London's West End for an eight-week run, before touring the UK alongside Patrick Swayze in the same production. In 2008 she appeared in the ITV documentary Claire Sweeney's Big Fat Diet, in which she gained in six weeks as part of a medical experiment. In December 2008 she starred in the pantomime Snow White at the Regent Theatre, Stoke-on-Trent. In December 2009 she played Carrion the Wicked Fairy in Sleeping Beauty at the Churchill Theatre, Bromley. In 2010 she sang with Carl Davis and the Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra in the Battle of Britain 70th Anniversary concert. In 2011 Sweeney played both "The Girl" in a national tour of Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical Tell Me on a Sunday and Paulette in the first UK tour of Legally Blonde: The Musical. She also starred as Amanda in the BBC sitcom Candy Cabs. In 2012, Sweeney appeared in the UK tour of Educating Rita. From November 2012 to January 2013 she starred in the White Christmas musical at the Lowry in Salford Quays. In 2013 Sweeney appeared in Let's Dance for Comic Relief alongside Natalie Cassidy, Dean Gaffney and Ricky Groves, performing to "You Can't Stop the Beat" from Hairspray. They came second to Antony Cotton. In May and June 2014 she appeared in the comedy musical Sex and the Suburbs, co-written by Sweeney and Mandy Muden, at the Royal Court Theatre, Liverpool. Since 2015 Sweeney has presented her own series, Magic of the Musicals on Magic Radio. In 2015 and 2016 Sweeney played Velma Von-Tussle in the UK tour of Hairspray. In 2019 Sweeney took part in a special episode of Radio 2's Friday Night Is Music Night to celebrate Tony Hatch's 80th birthday. She starred as Hayley in the BBC sitcom Scarborough, alongside Jason Manford, Stephanie Cole, and Catherine Tyldesley. On Christmas Day 2019 she presented a biography of Cilla Black on Radio 2. In July 2021, Sweeney performed at G-A-Y alongside drag