She has appeared in television productions in the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s, appearing in series such as "Edward the Seventh" (1975) as Lillie Langtry, a role she reprised in "Lillie" (1978); "Madame Bovary" (1975); and "Parnell and the Englishwoman" (1991), in which she played Kitty O'Shea; as well as the miniseries "Reckless" (1998) and its 2000 sequel. Annis co-starred with Michael Gambon and Dame Judi Dench as Lady Ludlow (an aristocrat opposed to the education of the lower classes) in the BBC1 costume-drama series "Cranford" (2007). More recently, Annis played a leading role in the ITV drama "Home Fires".