Bridget Kendall is a diplomatic correspondent for the BBC, a post that she has held since November 1998. She joined the BBC in 1983 as a radio production trainee for BBC World Service. This article is an overview article about the Crown chartered British Broadcasting Corporation formed in 1927. ...

She was the BBC's Moscow correspondent from 1989 to 1995 and then the Washington correspondent from 1994 to 1998. For other uses, see Moscow (disambiguation). ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ...

She was in Moscow to witness the power struggles in the Soviet Communist party as Mikhail Gorbachev tried to introduce reform, reported on the break-up of the Soviet Union and the subsequent internal conflicts in Chechnya, Georgia and Tadjikistan. She sent eyewitness reports of the dramatic coup in August 1991 and later covered Boris Yeltsin's rise to power. (Russian: , Mihail Sergeevič Gorbačëv, IPA: , commonly anglicized as Gorbachev; born March 2, 1931) was leader of the Soviet Union from 1985 until 1991. ... Capital Grozny Area - total - % water Ranked 80th - 15,300 km² - negligible Population - Total - Density Ranked 49th - est. ... The Republic of Tajikistan (Тоҷикистон), formerly known as the Tajik Soviet Socialist Republic, is a country in Central Asia. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ...

Bridget has interviewed several world leaders including President Vladimir Putin live in Russia from the Kremlin as part of a worldwide internet webcast in March 2001. Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin (Russian: ) (born October 7, 1952) is a Russian politician, and the current President of the Russian Federation. ...

Later in 2001 she interviewed King Abdullah of Jordan for a tri-media event for the BBC and hosted a similar event in Moscow with former soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev in 2002. King Abdullah can refer to: Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz, current king of Saudi Arabia Abdullah II, current king of Jordan Abdullah I, Emir of Transjordan (1921–1946) and King of Transjordan (1946–1949) This is a disambiguation page, a list of pages that otherwise might share the same title. ... (Russian: , Mihail Sergeevič Gorbačëv, IPA: , commonly anglicized as Gorbachev; born March 2, 1931) was leader of the Soviet Union from 1985 until 1991. ...

She was the first woman to win the coveted James Cameron Award for distinguished journalism in 1992 for her reports on events in the former Soviet Union. Later that year, she won a Bronze Sony Radio Award for Reporter of the Year and was made an MBE in the 1994 New Year's Honours list. James Cameron (born August 16, 1954) is a three-time Academy Award winning Canadian-American film director noted for his action/science fiction films, which are often extremely successful financially. ... The Sony Radio Academy Awards (the Sonys), started in 1983, are some of the most prestigious awards in the British radio industry. ... Commanders Badge of the Order of the British Empire The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is an order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by George V. The Order includes five classes in civil and military divisions, in order of seniority: Knight or Dame Grand Cross...

Bridget was educated at the Perse School for Girls, Cambridge. She read modern languages at Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford, spending two years in Russia on British Council Scholarships in 1977 and 1982. Her postgraduate Soviet Studies took her from St Antony's College, Oxford, to Harvard University, where she spent two years as a Harkness Fellow in the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences. The Perse School for Girls is an independent, fee-paying day school for girls aged 7–18 situated near the centre of Cambridge, England. ... College name Lady Margaret Hall Named after Lady Margaret Beaufort Established 1878 Sister College Newnham College Principal Dr Frances Lannon JCR President Joe Collenette Undergraduates 424 MCR or GCR President {{{MCR President}}} Graduates 148 Homepage Lady Margaret Hall is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in... The British Council is a partly UK Government-funded cultural relations organisation and a registered charity in the United Kingdom. ... St Antonys College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. ... Harvard University (incorporated as The President and Fellows of Harvard College) is a private university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. ...