TV tonight: the biggest names in country make a noise in Nashville

Carrie Underwood and Kathy Mattea celebrate 100 years of Grand Ole Opry. Plus: controversial comedy in Unacceptable. Here’s what to watch this evening “The show that made country music famous” (according to its own branding), the Grand Ole Opry celebrates its centennial season. Striding on to the stage in Nashville this weekend are Carrie Underwood (belting lungs and contemporary-style hits); Grammy‑winning Kathy Mattea (character‑driven, intimate storytelling); and Suzy Bogguss (folk and Americana influences). Ali Catterall A depressing look at the work of customs and border protection officers on the US/Mexico border. The week’s cases include a female pedestrian with an outstanding warrant for larceny returning from a day in Mexico, and two women caught in a car with illegal diet pills stashed in it. Hollie Richardson A specially curated Proms night, presenting archive performances of Beethoven’s “supercharged” Symphony No 5 in C minor, Mussorgsky’s Night on a Bare Mountain and Strauss’s audacious Don Juan. Petroc Trelawny and Georgia Mann host, the BBC Symphony Orchestra essays the bangers, and the baton-wagglers are Marin Alsop and Elim Chan. AC Last year’s fire next to Glasgow
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