The BBC was forced to alter their television due to Wales’ World Cup eliminator against Bosnia & Herzegovina going to extra-time. Sir Alan Sugar’s The Apprentice: Unfinished Business was switched to iPlayer with Craig Bellamy’s side pushing for a place in the qualifying final.

A banner appeared on BBC Two, shortly before 10pm, which read: “The Apprentice: Unfinished Business is available now on BBC iPlayer.” For the Red Dragons, their contest with Bosnia was approaching the first-half in extra-time with the scores level at 1-1. Leeds United winger Dan James fired the hosts in front inside five minutes of the second-half but with just five minutes of normal time remaining, former Manchester City talisman Edin Dzeko rolled back the years to level.

It was an ill-tempered and frenetic semi-final at Cardiff with Wales looking to avenge their Euro 2024 heartache when they lost to Poland on penalties in the capital. James, who missed the penalty two years ago, popped up with a moment of inspiration but it wasn’t enough as Bosnia clawed their way back into proceedings.

While the referee allowed a lot of the play to continue, Bosnia saw three first-half yellow cards, including one for former Arsenal defender Sead Kolasinac. In extra-time, Bellamy and Dzeko got into an altercation on the touchline, despite the Bosnian forward on the bench after being brought off.

Italy were awaiting the victor of the showdown in Cardiff, after their 2-0 win over Northern Ireland. The winner of Wales and Bosnia would host Gennaro Gattuso’s side in Tuesday’s final.

The Apprentice is in its 20th season with ‘Unfinished Business’ a spin-off of the contestant show. It features broadcaster, podcaster and author Angela Scanlon, who interviews the fired candidates each week with analysis and behind the scenes snippets.

Meanwhile in Cardiff, Wales continued pushing for the winning goal in a dramatic finish. Oxford United’s Mark Harris couldn’t convert from point-blank range after Brennan Johnson’s header back across goal, which proved to be the final piece of action of the night.

In the shootout, Leeds United’s Karl Darlow saved the first penalty before Wales took advantage. However, Crystal Palace and former Tottenham Hotspur winger Brennan Johnson blazed over to swing the pendulum back in Bosnia’s favour and Nico Williams couldn’t follow it up as his spot-kick was saved. Eighteen-year-old Kerim Alajbegovic stepped up to end Wales’ World Cup hopes.