TEXT: Editorial use only Mandatory Credit: Photo by ITV/Shutterstock (8105575l) Madeleine Howard (as Sarah Connolly), Christopher Smith (as Robert Sugden) and Clive Hornby (as Jack Sugden) as the Sugdens move into Hawthorn Cottage farm (Ep 1758 - 22nd April 1993) 'Emmerdale' TV Series - - 22 Apr 1993 Emmerdale Farm is a long-running British soap opera set in Emmerdale, a fictional village in the Yorkshire Dales. Created by Kevin Laffan, it first broadcast on 16 October 1972 and produced by ITV Yorkshire.