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ACTOR JOE LAYTON IS CURRENTLY BREAKING THE TV DIVIDE AS HE'S APPEARING IN TWO SHOWS AT THE SAME TIME 09:53, 21 May 2025 Coronation Street star Joe Layton is currently breaking the TV

divide as he's appearing in two shows at the same time. Fans of the ITV soap will know that the actor arrived on the cobbles earlier this year as Mick Michaelis. The controversial

character followed his wife, Lou, onto the street having been confirmed as the show's new "nightmare neighbours". In February, they moved into Mawdsley Street at the back of

Chesney and Gemma Winter-Brown's house, which is the first time ever Corrie have extended the serial drama across the ginnel in a history-making move. They have been making their

presence felt in Weatherfield since, but none more so than this week when Mick spiralled and lashed out at not just Lou in a horror domestic abuse attack, but also PC Craig Tinker as he

tried to reprimand him for drink driving. But fans have realised that they're not just seeing Mick in Corrie, as Joe currently has another role in the new BBC drama, The Bombing of Pan

Am 103, which follows the untold story of the Scots-US investigation into the attack and the devastating effect it had on the small town of Lockerbie. The six-part series is based on the

true story of the bombing of a passenger flight over the small Scottish town of Lockerbie in 1988 and the quest to bring its perpetrators to justice. The series begins on BBC iPlayer and BBC

One on Sunday, May 18, with new episodes premiering at 9pm every Sunday and Monday for three weeks. Earlier this month, alongside a teaser for the series, Joe shared on Instagram:

"Lots to look forward to in May. 'The Bombing of Pan Am 103' starts May 18th. Special job with a wonderful cast and crew." Now, fans have put two and two together. Taking

to a Corrie fan Facebook group, one shared a picture of Joe in the BBC drama and said: "I'm streaming this on iPlayer and I'm sure this is Mick. In this he's putting on

an American accent as a concerned relative." Elsewhere, @bradley915 asked: "#corrie Is "Mick" now on the Pan Am 103 thing now on BBC?" to which a fellow watcher

replied: "Yep!" And speaking of accents, Joe's own caused some surprise recently. The MEN shared last week how Corrie had taken to Instagram with a video in which they

questioned Joe, Farrel Hegarty (Lou) and Jacob Roberts (Kit), as well as the trio of actors playing their young characters, on events of 2007, to coincide with their special flashback

episode. Alongside the video, a caption read: "How well do you remember 2007?! Join us in our throwback quiz ahead of tomorrow night's special 2007 flashback episode! Catch all the

drama on ITV1 at 8pm or stream early on ITVX at 7am. (Link in bio!)." Article continues below But Corrie fans couldn't help but be taken aback by Mick's 'real

voice' as Joe is very different to his on-screen alter-ego. @tracy.c70 said: "Did not expect Mick to have the accent that he does." @lovefromnav2005 commented: "Omg micks

voice is so different." @suewalm wrote: "Omg Mick sounds so different so nice not like his character as I think he’s proper scary." @sergiaspl added: "Joe Layton’s

performance has been mesmerising during this storyline and to hear how he sounds off screen, is wild."