It’s Christmas Day, so when is there a more perfect time after that big festive lunch to put your feet up and whack on a classic World War 2 film?

Two underrated ones are on ITV4 this afternoon, starting with The Sea Wolves at 4pm.

Released in 1980, the movie stars Gregory Peck, Roger Moore and David Niven in the true story of Operation Creek.

The covert mission saw the British Indian Army’s Calcutta Light Horse (part of the Cavalry Reserve) sink a German merchant ship in neutral Portugal’s…