Claxon

Claxon, in my opinion, is probably one of the best portuguese series of all time. Great plotline, great characters (I specially enjoyed not only Claxon himself but also Inspector Caroço). It was really great and enjoyable.

It had a great environment, great scenaries, it had everything I like in a private detective series.

This great show is only comparable in my opinion to Duarte & Cpa. (1985), although they have their major differences.

Too bad they don't put both series often during the Summer Time, it would bring a great nostalgic sense to portuguese television.

We have a portuguese production company - Miragem - which has something essential: vision. But vision can't buy everything. So, the closest dream at that time was "Claxon", the first ever release of a portuguese series to be filmed in 35 mm cameras. And this marks all the difference, because all the shots, as simple as they can all be, have a cinematographic look and add a classy style to the series. There are some flaws (the sound is one of them) but altogether this is an interesting feature, specially where some music is concerned and basically by its visual innovative feel.Miragem made this one and was misunderstood by everyone. Eventually, made "Major Alvega" and hit bulls'eye... Thumbs up!

In Portugal we don't have as much series as I would like. Claxon was one of the first to appear, and I really liked it.

Claxon had style, the stories where nice and the actors are pretty fine. A really good eford with an acceptable result ..

The characters where pretty interesting also. And funny some times..

There have been re-runs of the series, but I would really like to see this one out on DVD ..

Duarte & Companhia was also a really nice show.

Pity more new shows like these ( funny and interesting ) aren't made in Portugal.