In a very roundabout way, the BBC One Twitter handle tonight also told us a little more about The Empty Hearse, strongly implying that our favourite consulting detective would return for the festive season:
It was properly confirmed this morning by the BBC One tumblr:
Our multi-award-winning drama #Sherlock, starring Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman, returns for an eagerly awaited third series of three, 90-minute films this Christmas.
Crime and Relative Dimension in Space 
Two years? john will be pissed…
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Hope we get it here in the states at the same time.
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Sherlock S03E01 airs in the US on January 19 — so not too far away. (Rights lie with PBS Masterpiece, not BBC America.)
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Thanks Andrea. The right way to start the new year.
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