Iain Stewart takes a look at a new and controversial energy rush for the natural gas found deep underground. To get it out of the ground it involves hydraulic fracturing also known as fracking.

Horizon Season 52 Episodes...

• s52e01 - The Truth About Meteors: A Horizon Special
• s52e02 - The Creative Brain: How Insight Works
• s52e03 - How to Avoid Mistakes in Surgery
• s52e04 - The Truth About Taste
• s52e05 - Mend Me: A Horizon Guide to Transplants
• s52e06 - The Age of Big Data
• s52e07 - Tomorrow's World
• s52e08 - The Secret Life of the Cat
• s52e09 - Little Cat Diaries
• s52e10 - Fracking
• s52e11 - Swallowed by a Black Hole
• s52e12 - What Makes Us Human?
• s52e13 - The Truth About Personality
• s52e14 - What's Killing Our Bees
• s52e15 - Monitor Me
• s52e16 - Defeating the Hackers
• s52e17 - Dinosaurs
• s52e18 - Comet of the Century

Horizon Show Summary

Horizon is BBC Two's flagship 50-minute science documentary series.

Recognised as the world leader in its field, it regularly wins a sweep of international science, medical and environmental film accolades, and has recently won the Royal Television Society Award and the Prix Italia.

In 2002, the British Academy of Film & Television Arts presented Horizon with the BAFTA Television Award for Best Factual Series or Strand.

In 2003 it won the prestigious Images et Science award for best medical documentary and the Carl von Linne Award at the Living Europe film festival in Sweden. That year, a Horizon co-production with WGBH Boston won the Emmy for best documentary.

In September 2014 it celebrated its 50th anniversary and it continues to enjoy outstanding critical acclaim.