Coronation Street prison break as Mick Michaelis ESCAPES and launches desperate bid to reunite with family - with a life left hanging in the balance

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7 days ago

Coronation Street 's Mick Michaelis escapes from prison and launches a desperate bid to reunite with family - with potentially deadly consequences.
In upcoming shocking scenes of the ITV soap, the crook - played by actor Joe Layton - returns to the Cobbles in a bid to be with his kids Joanie, Shanice, and Brody again.
As viewers will know, Mick was sent to prison after being arrested and charged for the death of the much-loved character PC Craig Tinker (Colson Smith).
The police officer originally responded to a domestic which was called by Mick's wife Lou Michaelis (Farrel Hegarty), but she told him to go away.
But Craig later found Mick and the builder attacked him after finding out that his wife had an affair with Craig'sboss Kit Green (Jacob Roberts).
Mick was sent to jail for his crime, but fans will see him break out of jail to be with his family again.
He ends up going to Weatherfield High to see if he can catch his kids, but soon heads to Coronation Street after realising that Sally (Sally Dynevor) took her home from school.
Little does Sally know that Joanie's evil dad isn't far behind them.
Speaking ahead of the episode, actor Joe said: 'He isn't after revenge, this is about him wanting to get his family together and start a new life with them.
'The anger that we saw when he killed Craig has been replaced by desperation and love for his family, but that doesn't make him any less dangerous.
'Kit is potentially putting his life on the line once more in his attempts to stop Mick.'
Mick first appeared on Corrie back in February 2025.
He moved in with his wife and family at 12 Mawdsley Street.
Since then he has appeared in 53 episodes.
Back in Match Joe revealed he was leaving his role on the ITV hit soap.
It was revealed that Joe's stint was always planned to be temporary after he originally joined on a fixed contract for a special storyline, with no 'shock' exit planned.
An insider has since told The Mirror that Mick's character will remain on screen until late July, with the soap source teasing there was 'lots more to come'.
Corrie's Mick and wife Lou have caused quite a stir on the Cobbles with their arrival as they quickly made friends with Chesney and Gemma.
After landing the role, Joe explained that it was a dream come true to join the ITV show.
He said: 'Coronation Street is such an institute in British television and to get to walk down the cobbles in Mick's shoes is so exciting.
'To also do it alongside Farrel is awesome - we are having great fun together and connecting really well whilst developing our characters.
'It also gives the opportunity to get a look behind the curtain of this huge machine and be a small cog within the big picture of Coronation Street and to work alongside people who take such pride in their work.
'It's just a really happy place, friendly and welcoming. I'm going to relish every moment of it.'
Previously discussing his villain role, Joe explained that he was very excited to be portraying an 'interesting' character.
He added: 'I really enjoy playing what people would refer to as a baddie or a villain, because for me the most interesting thing is all how we move past the first initial judgement of them, especially when you're going to be playing them.
'It's really interesting because when you're playing a character, a part of you has got to love them and empathize with them and understand them.
'I always think 'how do I get into this character's shoes and why is it the way he is and why does he do the things that he does?' So I always find it really rewarding and a real kind of privilege to any character, but especially the psychologically complex characters.
'Working with Sam and Dolly-Rose has been amazing, like I said, everyone at Corrie is so welcoming and the Winter-Browns are an iconic family!'