Brian Sibley’s 1981 adaptation of Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings for the BBC garners well-deserved praise on Screen Rant.
https://screenrant.com/lord-of-the-rings-bbc-radio-adaptation-overcomes-trilogy-problem/
With Archive.org recovering from its recent hack attack, you can now listen to Brian’s radio play.
https://archive.org/details/lord-of-the-rings-10_202401/Lord+of+the+Rings+01.mp3