The Bafta Film Awards are on TV this Sunday, but who’s going to win?

The British Academy Film Awards (BBC1, Sunday, 9pm)

Sure The Voice is still doing its blind auditions, The Jump is reaching its semi-finals and Mr Selfridge is welcoming lipstick to the store (yes, really) on Sunday. But the weekend’s big TV event is the film Baftas, hosted by the glorious (and newly wed) Stephen Fry, and taking place at London’s swanky Royal Opera House. Edith Bowman will be on th red carpet on BBC3 at 8.30 and then the (pre-recorded) show itself airs at 9pm. Just to add to your excitement, instead of my usual witterings, I thought I’d offer my predictions of who’s going to win what in the main categories. Here goes:

Lead Actor

Benedict Cumberbatch (The Imitation Game), Eddie Redmayne (The Theory of Everything), Jake Gyllenhaal (Nightcrawler), Michael Keaton (Birdman), Ralph Fiennes (The Grand Budapest Hotel).

Who will win: Sorry Cumberbatch fans (of which I am one), I’m pretty sure Redmayne will win for his extraordinary work as Stephen Hawking, although Michael Keaton in Birdman offers a tough outside challenge.

Lead Actress

Amy Adams (Big Eyes), Felicity Jones (The Theory of Everything), Julianne Moore (Still Alice), Reese Witherspoon (Wild), Rosamund Pike (Gone Girl)

Who will win: Julianne Moore is my favourite actor in the whole wide world, and is the favourite, but I hope and somehow do believe that Pike’s career-defining performance in Gone Girl (out now on DVD!) will triumph. She is deliriously good.

Supporting Actor

Steve Carell (Foxcatcher), Edward Norton (Birdman), Ethan Hawke (Boyhood), JK Simmons (Whiplash), Mark Ruffalo (Foxcatcher)

Who will win: One of the sure-fire bets of the evening – the relatively obscure JK Simmons is so powerful and gleefully nasty in the fabulous Whiplash that the others don’t stand a chance.

Supporting Actress

Emma Stone (Birdman), Imelda Staunton (Pride), Keira Knightley (The Imitation Game), Patricia Arquette (Boyhood), Rene Russo (Nightcrawler)

Who will win: Will the British voters favour either Brit Staunton or Knightley? Maybe, but I reckon Patricia Arquette’s totally real and deeply moving performance will win out.

Best Film

Birdman, Boyhood, The Grand Budapest Hotel, The Imitation Game, *The Theory Of Everything *

Will win: Despite two excellent British dramas (The Imitation Game and The Theory Of Everything) and the most nominated film in all of this year’s Baftas (The Grand Budapest Hotel), this is surely the year of the unique and superb Boyhood, filmed over 12 years and a true modern classic.