While we're talking Downton...

I got this question on Twitter and thought it might be of general interest:

When will DA Season 3 be in the UK? US? Is there a good way to watch it in the US when it is airing in the UK? Legally, of course.

According to the official site, series three will air sometime in 2012, but there's no official date yet. My guess is that it will air here in January again, since that's always when Masterpiece does its Classic series. And . . . no, so far as I know there is no way to watch as it's airing in the UK. But the UK DVDs usually come out before it airs in the US, so you could get a UK-compatible DVD player and order the DVDs, I guess. Anyone have some other method that isn't occurring to me?