I made the mistake of watching Mary Beard's Ultimate Rome Empire Without Limit (i'd score it 5/10). What a major disappointment (it's BBC, 2016, so it's newer than Meet The Romans).
What I particularly like about Mary Beard's style is that she's down to earth and easy to relate to. She does a great job of getting under the skin of the Romans in a way that almost all historians fail to do when talking of the past. Mary draws many similarities between today's people and those from thousands of years ago. This is something that has always made sense and it strikes me as odd when people say how much we have changed (when we haven't changed all that much). This is why Mary's documentaries (on the whole) are very meaningful to watch.
Where Mary lets us down is that she isn't always consistent on her facts. For example, she often re-iterates how women had little or no rights and were not allowed to be anything but a good housewife who mended clothes. She then talks about women who ran their own businesses and were quite wealthy (one young woman had the equivalent of 10 years solider pay when she died at Pompeii). She also talks about several women who freed their slaves (male) and married them. It just doesn't add up, unless you're trying to push a barrow of revising history. I really do get it. 2010s are the decade of "make bullcrap up about the past to falsely promote women today, irrespective of the truth". However, Mary (mostly) seems to be different from the pack. Why is Mary lowering her standards? She also narrated a TV show about women needing to shut up, so, maybe, Mary has developed a strong gender bias as she's aged. This is sad to see because I really, really love some of her earlier work where she presented a balanced, consistent and non-prejudiced view.
If you are fond of sexism (girl power) in your documentaries, Mary upped the stakes in her follow up series Ultimate Rome Empire Without Limit. It was borderline offensive. However, as most of us digest our local news, Mary's other work will probably seem tame compared to BBC News / ABC News / your local news outlet.
Another reviewer talked about Mary's speech impediment. I rarely notice it, but I don't have sensitive hearing. It obviously upset one reviewer quite dramatically. You do notice an impediment in one section of her newer documentary, Ultimate Rome Empire Without Limit. I think BBC forgot to edit the sound for about 2 minutes of the video where Mary has a very strong speech impediment. However, in Meet the Romans, I did not find her speech to be an issue at all. Her dialog is very natural.
If you really want to get into the heads of the Romans, Mary does a fantastic job in most instances. Just be mindful that there is some gender prejudice leading to some inconsistencies in the material presented. Despite this, it's still definitely worth 8/10. Highly recommended.