Overview

• Ryan Hawley will reprise his role as Robert Sugden next month, six years after his character's dramatic exit from Emmerdale.
• Robert’s return is linked to his ex-husband Aaron Dingle’s wedding to John Sugden, who has been revealed as a serial killer.
• Producers went to great lengths to keep Hawley’s return a secret, using fake names on scripts and smuggling him to filming locations.
• Sugden’s original departure in 2019 followed his conviction for the murder of Lee Posner, leading to a life sentence and severed ties with his family.
• The limited return is expected to bring emotional tension and unresolved family drama to the forefront of the soap’s storyline.