Sahara with Michael Palin (2002)

S4E7 Go Fight City Hall

Title: Battle with the Bureaucracy Plot: A subway fare collector, seeking to cover up his wild night of drinking, fabricates a crime report. In a bid to outsmart the detectives on his trail, he embarks on a series of petty crimes, hoping to turn the tables and make them look incompetent. As the investigation unfolds, his web of deceit grows more tangled, leading to unexpected consequences.