article_snippet: A select group of close protection officers were approached and told that, as a direct result of the Top Gear punch-up and Jeremy Clarkson being sacked by BBC, the DG had received a death threat. '
article_snippet: The chilling email was sent to BBC BBC just hours after Lord Hall announced Jeremy Clarkson (pictured) was being sacked .
article_snippet: The job was described as a "fastball", which meant that an immediate response to the threat was required.
article_snippet: the threat was also regarded as credible. '
article_snippet: A number of close protection officers came forward and were briefed about the threat to Lord Hall. '
article_snippet: Lord Hall has received a death threat before.
article_snippet: a death threat is the most serious made to a senior Corporation figure since a decade ago, when BBC 2 controller Roly Keating had to go into hiding after being accused of blasphemy for screening the Jerry Springer opera, which depicted Jesus in a nappy.
highlights_snippet: The Director General received a death threat in wake of Clarkson sacking .
  
highlights_snippet: Deemed 'credible', Deemed required an immediate response from Scotland Yard .
  