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You Must Be Number One: Shanghai Circus School

Documentary looking at Shanghai Circus school, where the gruelling training regimes result in some of the best acrobats and circus performers in the world. Children as young as eight have their unformed bodies stretched and tested to breaking point as they learn to master the most taxing feats of acrobatic grace and daring. Harsh demands are also made of teachers and parents as their proteges strive to be number one in the circus, the Chinese way.

English
  • Originally Aired May 29, 2007
  • Runtime 85 minutes
  • Content Rating United States of America TV-PG
  • Network BBC Four
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  • Created February 9, 2011 by
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  • Modified April 4, 2023 by
    mik1123