Patrick Swayze is doing well with his pancreatic cancer treatments, it seems – his doctors have given him the okay to return to work, filming A&E’s drama The Beast.

A&E has ordered 13 episodes of The Beast, starring Patrick Swayze as an FBI agent.

Patrick Swayze comments on the new series, saying, “I have searched for quite a long time to find a character that is this multilayered, unpredictable and downright entertaining,as well as a project this current and cutting-edged.”