THE inside story about hardcore drugs on a Bury housing estate is to be told in a hard-hitting television documentary.

BBC programme Drugland: Manchester will visit the "Dicky Bird" estate where drug dealer Rupert Satchell was shot dead two years ago.

It will be presented by Bury-born journalist Sarah O'Connell who has returned to her home town to see how the drug trade is taking hold.

She has interviewed dealers in heroin, crack and other hardcore drugs for what BBC bosses say will be a shocking 60-minute expose'.

Tom Giles, producer of Drugland, said: "We are trying to get an inside look at the whole trade which is endemic to housing estates across the area.

"The programme investigates the patterns of drug-related crime and how people can get swept along by it.

"It will show just how deep-rooted the drug problem is in the UK economy as it is responsible for a massive £8 billion pound turnover."

Reporter O'Connell visits the scene of a violent shooting that took place at the drug haven in 2002.

Gary Kelly, aged 30, was jailed for 10 years in January 2003 after being found guilty of accidentally shooting dead dealer Satchell at a house in Goldfinch Drive.

Kelly, now in prison, had been taken to see Satchell to buy £40 worth of heroin. He had agreed to rob Satchell and was passed a shotgun by an accomplice.

But when they forced a door open in the dark, the gun was accidentally discharged into the victim's chest at point blank range.

The of "lay-ons", or drug loans, with ever-younger "punters" moving into heavy drug use from their early teens.

It also features controversial footage, filmed by youngsters, of children aged 12 to 16 cutting up and using crack, speed and cocaine.

The episode is part of a three-part investigation into how drug dealing has permeated everyday life across the country.

The other episodes include a study of cocaine dealing in London and drug traders in party capital Ibiza.

Drugland: Manchester will be broadcast between 9pm and 10pm on January 5, on BBC2.