Meany did a significant line in playing terrorists while he was also playing O'Brien (I think he even turns up as a terrorist in TNG, despite being in the very first episode as O'Brien as well. In The Gambit, I think.)

If I wasn't loathe to watch any US remake of a British program at all, I might be vaguely interested by Meany being cast. Plus, I still need to see most of Life on Mars, the original. (Looking forward to Ashes to Ashes, though - being the Keeley-fan that I am.)