I actually watched the oringal version of this show on the BBC. Interesting concept but what I didn't like about the original version is the premise of the show always took a back seat to the weekly cop drama from week to week.
Then at the very end of the episode they would throw in this 30 seconds of him having a memory or something to remind you this wasn't really a 70's cop show. I didn't like that.
I have this recorded but need to watch it when I get a chance. They really need to do this differently on the American verison of the show or I will drop it quickly from my watching habits.