Final Bafta Odds And Oscar Prices

All three of the major BAFTA awards finished with red hot favourites, with the betting suggesting an easy win for both Helen Mirren and Forest Whitaker for the Best Actor and Actress awards. But the Best Film looks far more open with good money for all the top three; The Departed; The Queen and Little Miss Sunshine.

The Oscar betting remains open and tells a similar story with Helen and Forest looking like certainties and the Best Film and Best Director the best chances for an upset. Helen Mirren is 1/25 for the best actress Oscar with bets of £3,000 and £2,500 accepted. Whilst Forest Whitaker remains a 1/8 shot.

"Helen Mirren is fantastic as the Queen and couple that with the fact that Americans are great fans of the Royal family. She must be bringing the Oscar across the water," said William Hill's spokesman Rupert Adams.

William Hill Final BAFTA Odds

BAFTA Best Actress: 1/12 Helen Mirren, 10/1 Judi Dench, 14/1 Meryl Streep, 16/1 Kate Winslet, 25/1 Penelope Cruz.

BAFTA Best Film: 1/1 The Departed, 15/8 The Queen, 4/1 Little Miss Sunshine, 8/1 Babel, 14/1 The Last King Of Scotland.

BAFTA Best Actor: 2/7 Forest Whitaker, 5/2 Peter O' Toole, 16/1 Leonardo Di Caprio, 20/1 Daniel Craig, 33/1 Richard Griffiths.

Latest Oscar Odds

Best Film: 1/1 The Departed, 11/4 Babel, 7/2 Little Miss Sunshine, 10/1 Letters from Iwo Jima, 10/1 The Queen.

Best Director: 4/11 Martin Scorsese (The Departed), 4/1 Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu (Babel), 8/1 Clint Eastwood (Letters from Iwo Jima), 14/1 Stephen Frears (The Queen), 14/1 Paul Greengrass (United 93).

Best Actor: 1/8 Forest Whitaker (The Last King of Scotland), 5/1 Peter O'Toole (Venus), 16/1 Leonardo Di Caprio (Blood Diamond), 25/1 Ryan Gosling (Half Nelson), 33/1 Will Smith (The Pursuit of Happyness).

Best Actress: 1/25 Helen Mirren (The Queen), 12/1 Meryl Streep (The Devil wears Prada), 16/1 Judi Dench (Notes on a Scandal), 33/1 Penelope Cruz (Volver), 33/1 Kate Winslet (Little Children).