[danparsonson]

Tangentially related, the BBC published a pretty solid radio adaptation of LOTR in the 80's:

https://archive.org/details/the-lord-of-the-rings-bbc-radio-...

(no sign of Tom Bombadil here either though, IIRC)

[vmilner]

Old Forest section was dramatised later (though they couldnt get the same cast)

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Tales-Perilous-Realm-Full-Cast-Dram...