Her mother, Adriana, enters, dressed in a brightly-printed kaftan, with an acid house-inspired outfit underneath.
Adriana continues her attention-seeking questioning, disrupting her daughter's attempts to complete her homework.
She questions Saffron's university plans – studying physics in Aberdeen, her reluctance to join her mother on holiday, and her warm relationship with her father.
This characterisation and the relationship between the two characters was later carried over into Saunders' sitcom Absolutely Fabulous.
Lines from the sketch were reused in the series, such as Adriana's insistence that it is possible to be a socialist while employing household staff, and Saffron's nickname from her mother of "Sweetie".